>>Hi, Cetin, thank you for your reply.
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>>But the new process will be executed while the VFP exe is still running, right? Or can it be delayed in some sort?
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>What exactly is the problem with that? You can run the second program after closing all your files in Visual FoxPro.
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>If it is really relevant that they not run at the same time, when quitting the first application you might call another program, a loader, which introduces a reasonable delay, and then launches the "real" application.

Thanks, Hilmar, for your input.

I already explained my purposes and requirements elsewhere in the thread.