The ShellExecute works on my pc.
here is my code in VFP:
declare long ShellExecute in "shell32.dll" ;
long hwnd, string lpszOp, ;
string lpszFile, string lpszParams, ;
string lpszDir, long nShowCmd
ShellExecute(0,'Open','c:\temp\mytest.exe',0,0,1)
I get no errors and the file test.txt is created.
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