>Thanks for the info, George! I am not familiar with ShellExecute() - I assume it is a call to something in the Win32 api: does this allow you to run an EXE with its command line - like the VFP's RUN command?
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Hi Rick,

ShellExecute is not part of what VFP considers the API, yet it's part of Windows. Here's the information you'll need:

DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN Shell32;
  INTEGER hwnd, STRING @lpOperation, STRING @lpFile,;
  STRING @lpParameters, STRING @lpDirectory, SHORT nshow
lcoperation = 'print'
lnshow = 7 && Minimized/inactive
* lcfile is the file to print
lcdir = JUSTPATH(lcfile) && VFP 5.0 in Foxtools
lcparms = ""
lnresult = ShellExecute(0, @lcoperation, @lcfile, @lcparms, @lcdir, lnshow)

hth,