>Thank you so much for all your help!!
>I did not put the "." after the CHDIR
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>I assume the service pack is essential, so I will plan to download late tonight. Is it like other downloads which has an accompanying "install.exe" program?

Yes, something like that.


>Is there an explanation why the method call form1.method() worked fine in another form in the project and not the one I'm having trouble with?

It's a bug that shows up under some conditions. I don't remember exactly what triggers it.