Thomas:

Thanks for the suggestion of looking in the cab files.

I downloaded the German version of vfp6 sp5, and extracted vfp6rdeu.dll & vfp6deu.dll from the cab files.

Using my English language vfp6 development system, I built my exe, and installed it on a target machine running an English-language version of Windows. The program installs both vfp6renu.dll and vfp6rdeu.dll.

I cannot get the -L run-time switch to make vfp6 use vfp6rdeu.dll on the target machine. At least, I don't think vfp6rdeu is being used.

I normally start the exe via a short-cut icon on the desktop.
I added " -LVFP6RDEU.DLL" (without the ") after the exe name in the target field of the short-cut properties window.

I also tried starting the exe from the command line, using the -L switch.

I have tried this on Win98SE2 and WinXP.
I installed vfp6rdeu.dll in both the windows system directory, and the directory containing the vfp6 exe.

In all cases, the program still displays English text on command buttons in dialog boxes generated from messagebox commands.

Any suggestions about what I am doing wrong?

Thanks again
Charles Moore