Hi all. I am humbly seeking help with questions about running a VFP8 app as a scheduled task.

In our particular situation, which involves kind a mixed development / deployment environment, it would be preferable to have a batch job fire up VFP on schedule (e.g., runtime VFP8R.exe) and point it to an FXP.

What I'm not clear on is how to create an appropriate run-time environment for the process. For example:

- The job runs as kind of a detached process, no? So if a mapped network drive needs to be accessed by the app, how to make the drive available? Should I use a BAT file and first put a NET USE command in it before the VFP8R command?

- Along those lines, I believe it is true that the log-on identity of the task can be specified with the "run as" feature within the task scheduler. If the "run as" identity I specify has already indicated (in the past, interactively) that a network drive should be mapped at log in, then is explicit mapping unnecessary within the Bat file?

- What is "standard output" for such a task? What is the best way to capture output from an FXP that is running within a batch job?

Any other suggestions / pitfalls to be aware of?

Thanks very much!