And I already do that with RUN to stand-allone exe files, have for 10 years. I just needed to know if COMMON SHARED was the ONLY way to pass variables with CHAIN to .BAS files or non-stand-alone exe files. Pete PS: Bob used the old bat signal to successfully dodge a reply. You don't have an "old bat" so you can't get out of it that easily. Don't feel bad, I have a sister-in-law that's a witch. She's coming over for Thanksgiving. I can only hope her broom will over-shoot the airport. |