Not sure about this.

Return code 2, in your code, is a bad URL. I'm passing:

c:\program files\mcmtv\spotdata\spotdata.exe
and
c:\program files\mcmtv\spotdata

Neither of these is a URL



>>I have the following code. It had worked forever with no problems.
>>Today I failed. The ShellExecute function is now returning 2.
>>
>>How do I find out what this '2' represents?
>>
>>

>>LPARAMETERS cApplication, cStartFolder, cParamString
>>
>>	LOCAL iRetVal
>>
>>	IF EMPTY(cParamString)
>>		cParamString = ""
>>	ELSE
>>		cParamString = '"' + cParamString + '"'
>>	ENDIF
>>
>>	IF EMPTY(cStartFolder)
>>		cStartFolder = ""
>>	ENDIF
>>
>>	DECLARE INTEGER GetDesktopWindow IN WIN32API
>>	>	DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN shell32;
>>	    INTEGER hwnd,;
>>	    STRING  lpOperation,;
>>	    STRING  lpFile,;
>>	    STRING  lpParameters,;
>>	    STRING  lpDirectory,;
>>	    INTEGER nShowCmd
>>
>>	hWnd = GetDesktopWindow()
>>
>>	iRetVal = ShellExecute(hWnd, "open", cApplication, cParamString , cStartFolder, 5)
>>
>>RETURN
>>
>>

>
>
>Here the code I use for ShellExecute
>

>   DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN SHELL32.DLL INTEGER nWinHandle,;
>                                               STRING cOperation,;
>                                               STRING cFileName,;
>                                               STRING cParameters,;
>                                               STRING cDirectory,;
>                                               INTEGER nShowWindow
>    result = ShellExecute(hWnd, "open", cExtention, cParams, cFolder, 5)
>    DO CASE
>       CASE result ==  0         && The system is out of memory or resources.
>            msg = "The system is out of memory or resources."
>       CASE result ==  2         && Bad Association (for example, invalid URL)
>            msg = "invalid URL"
>       CASE result == 29         && Failure to load application
>            msg = "Fail to load application"
>       CASE result == 30         && Application is busy
>            msg = "Application is busy"
>       CASE result == 31         && No application association
>            msg = "No application association"
>   ENDCASE
>   IF INLIST(result, 0, 2, 29, 30, 31)
>      MessageBox(msg, 0 + 64, "Error")
>   ENDIF
>