Ed,

I look forward to update. You mention not to use the KillProc() unless necessary; I got that from one of the examples in the archives. Other than the oProcess = '', is anything else necessary to cleanup after running a DOS exe via API_APPRUN?

Ed

>No problem - sorry I didn't make the relationship between the PIF and the DOS executable clearer. It's about time I got around to releasing a new version which uses my CLSHEAP stuff to make more of the CreateProcess() API call easily accessible, and this time, I'll try to do more than just comment the code...
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>>>You don't have the executable set to Close on Exit - go into Explorer, right click the executable, select Properties, and in the Program Tab, chheck the box marked Close on Entry. The DOS box will shut down on its own, then.
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>>>You should be getting a logical value returned from LaunchApp(); if it comes back other than .t., examine the property icErrorMessage to see what is going wrong.
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>>>Once you have the program closing the DOS window for you, try using LaunchAppAndWait(), which doesn't return to VFP until program termination.
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>>>Killproc should not be called to terminate the application unless it hangs - it results in a messy death by a call to TerminateProcess(), whcih can leave Windows in an unstable state.