>In general, all will do the same thing. The Wscript.Shell (run method) has a third parameter that informs it to wait until completed.
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/6f28899c-d653-4555-8a59-49640b0e32ea.asp
WScript has parameters (serprise - serprise!)- thanks a bunch - I needed the wait flag - I attempted "RUN" - but it returned VFP the clock a little too quickly. WS does a "real" wait!



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>The Api_AppRun class has a method that does the same thing (LaunchAndWait).
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>And the ShellExecute (even thought I fine it harder to control) can be informed to wait (but I have not tried it yet.)
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>Overall, I generally use the API_AppRun class because of the flexibility, and it does not depend on an object (WScript) to be persent.
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>Good luck.