Sorry, we never had such problem.
But we never used SpoolZebra :-)
Maybe the problem is there?


>Anybody? Please............. ???
>
>I've tried all the options for the final parameter in Shellexecute (0-9) and only 2 works, but it goes back to Normal instead of staying minimized.
>
>>Hi again, Gang!
>>
>>Here is a snippet of code in an executable, called LDM.exe.
>>
>>

>>lcExe = "SpoolZebra.Exe"
>>lcPrinter = SET("PRINTER",2)
>>lcDefaultLoc = SYS(5) + SYS(2003) + "\"
>>lcFileName = "/" + lcFileName + "/"
>>ShellExecute(0,"open",lcExe,lcFileName + lcPrinter,lcDefaultLoc,2)
>>

>>
>>When run in VFP8 SP1, the ShellExecute opens the program SpoolZebra.exe and minimizes it immediately to the taskbar and runs it (prints a document).
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>>When run in VFP9 SP2, it minimizes, then pops back up to Normal size and prints the document. (BAD BAD BAD !!! That interfers with the normal program flow.).
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>>I changed the 2 to a 7 in the ShellExecute to see if it would stay minimized.
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>>It did, but it DID NOT PRINT !! Weird !! Why would it not print in this case???
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>>So, bascially, we want it to stay minimized, yet print the document.
>>
>>So, any ideas what is going wrong here?
>>
>>Thanks everyone!!!