You can run a .PRG file from an .EXE. You can also issue the COMPILE command from within an .EXE. The development environment is not required for this.

Of course you cannot build an .exe without using the development environment.

>If you are trying to run a PRG that is not compiled then you can't do it from an EXE - you have to be in the FOXPRO environment - or run the EXE from the Foxpro Environment. Correct me if I'm wrong.