>To the best VFP community -
>
>Can anyone tell me how to access the Ethernet card Hex MAC address within a VFP program?
>
>I have tried using the run command like 'RUN /2 ipconfig /all > atextfile'
>But this always opens a cmd box and one then needs a separate routine to parse and read the textfile.
>No problem reading and parsing the file - but the CMD box on the screen does not look good.
>
>Many thank you's to any one who might know how to solve this one.

Download api_apprun by late Ed Rauh from here. It's almost 12 years old, and still runs great. With that you can run a hidden cmd box.