>I have a very strange problem
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>I compile and run a program within vfp and it works fine
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>I come out of vfp and run the SAME program from explorer and it doesnt work
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>The problem has to do with memo fields
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>However I seem to remember that it is possible to run a program like this
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>c:\program files\microsoft visual foxpr9\vfp9.exe\supertrack.exe
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>In other words I am trying to run an executable from explorer where it then runs my executable from within vfp
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>I know this can be done but i cant remember the code

Take out the last slash between vfp9.exe and supertrack.exe. The latter will then be sent as a parameter to VFP9, and VFP will run it.