>I know some message about a runtime command window have been post (including from me a while back) but I am still looking for a way to provide some fox command capabilities in a distributed app. Previously I use accept and eval to simulate a command function (not pretty and not wise to use accept in visual). Now we are 100% classes and this doesn't work any more (cannot control where the results of a &cmd go) Ideally I would like to find a 'command class' object either home grown, shareware, or licenced. Any ideas - all appreciated!!!

As far as I understand you can have some form, start it ion background when you launch the application and have some hotkey to bring it to foreground. This form can include textbox and command button and probably some more controls to provide sophisticated commanding, like combobox for work areas and so on. I guess this form should have alwaysontop=.t. and windowstate=2 and contains two custom methods, e.g. Invoke,Revoke to show/hide and restore environment.