>I am told I can shell to DOS in Windows 7 using VFP 9, but I CANNOT shell to DOS in Windows 7 using VFP 5 legacy code.
>Does anyone know of a solution to this dilemma?
>I really want to keep my legacy code because bringing it into VFP 9 will mean a lot of time debugging issues. Trust me there are issues in my code for VFP 9.
>There must be some trick to get VFP 5 to shell to DOS in Windows 7.

Is "!cmd" what you are looking for?