Hi Mel,

It depends how you call the second EXE. If you call it as Windows EXE using VFP RUN command (or ShellExeute/WSH) than the second exe runs independently. However, if you call second VFP EXE using DO command than the second EXE will share environment with the first one.


>Hi Sergey,
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>>Check How to pass parameters to VFP EXE FAQ #17861<
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>Thanks... that helped, but a followup questions on a little differenct vein:
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>If I call a VFP exe from another VFP exe, and both of them have "different fll files" they are dependent upon, do you know if there is a chance these can interfer with each other (I mean the fll files)?
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>I do have an inclination that when I have both of the Fll's being used in the same EXE there seems to be a little incompatibility - that is why I am testing one in the 2nd EXE.
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>The reason I ask is, if both of these EXE's are using the same VFP runtime, isn't it true that when the second EXE is called that a new instance of VFP is not actually started?... in other words both EXE's are sharing the same VFP runtime?
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>Thanks for any thoughts.
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>Mel Cummings