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

Probably so..... I can't find the documentation on SpoolZebra to research it.

Thanks

>>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).
>>>
>>>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.).
>>>
>>>--------------------------------
>>>
>>>I changed the 2 to a 7 in the ShellExecute to see if it would stay minimized.
>>>
>>>It did, but it DID NOT PRINT !! Weird !! Why would it not print in this case???
>>>
>>>---------------------------------
>>>
>>>So, bascially, we want it to stay minimized, yet print the document.
>>>
>>>So, any ideas what is going wrong here?
>>>
>>>Thanks everyone!!!