DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN SHELL32.DLL ;
	    INTEGER nWinHandle,;
	    STRING cOperation,;   
	    STRING cFileName,;
	    STRING cParameters,;
	    STRING cDirectory,;
	    INTEGER nShowWindow

ShellExecute(0,"Open","trp.exe","","c:\program files\dfds\trp manager",1)

>Suppose you wanted to have a short EXE that launches a second EXE as in the following:
>

>clear
>olddate = fdate('c:\program files\dfds\trp manager\trp.exe',1)
>newdate = fdate('\\tpdfiles\data\dfreeman\applications\trpmanager\trp.exe',1)
>
>if newdate > olddate
>	ans = messagebox("There is a newer version of TRP Manager available. " + ;
>		"Would you like to copy it to your workstation now?",3)
>	do case
>	case ans = 6
>		copy file '\\tpdfiles\data\dfreeman\applications\trpmanager\trp.exe' to ;
>			'c:\program files\dfds\trp manager\trp.exe'
>	case ans = 2
>		cancel
>	endcase
>endif
>
>do 'c:\program files\dfds\trp manager\trp.exe'
>

>
>But you wanted the first EXE to close at the end of the script and leave the second EXE running (trp.exe in this case).
>
>How would you do this?