>>>>>Copy out to a temp file, modify andrun
>>>>
>>>>I had some difficulty trying to do this.......
>>>>
>>>>Do you have any sample code that extracts the FRX and FRT from the EXE program ( copies the FRT and FRX to the temp folder) ?
>>>>
>>>>thanks!
>>>
>>>In addition to Tores message.
>>>
>>>Check SYS(2450) search order, also use a generic name for the copy as SYS(2015)
>>>
>>>like
>>>

>>>lcTarget = ["]+ADDBS(GETENV("TEMP"))+SYS(2015)+'.frx"' && wrapping " for space in path
>>>COPY TO &lcTarget
>>>

>>
>>You mean
>>

COPY TO (lcTarget)

>
>I will never learn what works with () and what needs &. So for the rare cases I need it (aside from SQL where Im sure about it) I use &.

The problem is that & will fail if there are any spaces in the path. The rule is quite simple. Use () when VFP is expecting a name and only a name. In this case, it expects a file name, so () works.

Tamar