Thanks Sergey. The $%$&%&% program needs to select the file name from a file selection box, you can't type the file name in the file name input box, as it seemed to be when I first looked at it.

So I'm doomed with this AFAICS. I'm waiting the developer reply to my email.

>Victor,
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>You can try WSH

>oShell = Createobject("wscript.shell")
>oShell.AppActivate("...")
>oShell.SendKeys("...")

For the list of keys see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8c6yea83.aspx
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>>I came to this wonderful freeware program shp2kml, which converts maps in ESRI/SHP format to KML and then displays them in Google Earth. Amazing stuff.
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>>I'd like to integrate it into my application, but the sad thing is that the program is a standard exe with no command line options and no API or any other interface.
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>>The fields to fill are rather common. You have to input 3 screens like a wizard and then voila, your map opens in Google Earth.
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>>Maybe there is a way to send keystrokes from my VFP application to this exe?
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>>Any other way to record a keyboard script to automate this application you can think of?