>>Hi Gang!
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>>How do you go about turning a service OFF in VFP ( by using code ). And.... turn a Service back On ???
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>If you can use a CMD window, you can use the NET START/STOP etc. commands:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736564%28v=ws.10%29.aspx>
>Without having to shell out to a CMD window, the best bet might be WMI. I believe there are users here experienced with using WMI from VFP. Here's a Google result that uses VBScript, the calls are probably translatable to VFP:
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vbscript/wmi_services.htm>
>Any method you end up using will require elevated privileges to run on current versions of Windows.
You saying that as they run the program, everytime that the service is shut down or started, they will have the permissions popup stop them to ask permission to continue ?
Thanks
Tommy Tillman A+ NetWork+ MCP