>Thank you very much for the assistance. I am attempting to let the launcher icon switch to an existing VFP6. How can the launcher app then say VFP6.DoCmd?
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Mike, to do that wouldn't "Vfp6" be launched as an automation server? I don't think that will possible with an executing process.

An alternative, I think, is to set a Dynamic Data Exchange channel and let the application listen to the launcher.