>>>>>>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

Hi Tamar,

nice to see you.

I try to remember it.
BTW my code will not fail with spaces. There is the quotation mark kludge. :)