Hi, there, We all know we can reduce the total size of your applications by building them with runtime package (e.g. VCL50). But a problem occurs when I build both EXE and DLL with runtime package, the EXE application handle value is 0 while the EXE requires the DLL. Either of them or both of them building without runtime package works perfect. Anyone has idea why this could happen? Cheers Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz