>When the compiled .exe runs, I get an error message that says:
>"LOMESSAGE is not an object" but all is well when I run it from within vfp environ (command propmt)
>
>the code is as follows and was always working till today. I've rebuilt the project to no avail. I wonder what the cause is?
>
> loMessage = newobject("Animation", "Animation.vcx", "", ; && Now use Daniel's vcx class instead
> 'Saving record...', ;
> 'RECORD SAVE IN PROGRESS', ;
> 'fish.avi')
> set message to ' Saving record...'
> loMessage.show()
> for t= 1 to 21000000
> next
>retu

Are you running the exe from within VFP ? If so try to run it from outside VFP and see if you get the same problem. It may be the old pathing problem when running exes from within VFP.