>>>NOW WHEN I ISSUE
>>>run /N C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\EXCEL.EXE c:\foxprow\sample\dde\example.xls
>>>
>>Two possible solutions to the problem. First, would be to use the short path name. The problem, I think, is that FPW 2.6 is a 16 bit app and knows nothing about how to run an executable with a long filename.
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>Hi there, guys!
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>I was having the same problem today and actually solved it myself. (George, get up off the floor now... it shouldn't be that big of a heart attack causer :) ). Putting the path and name to excel in quotes worked for me. I.e.,
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run /n "c:\program files\microsoft office\office\excel.exe"

>Hope that helps.

Hi Denise,

Nope, no heart attack, no falling on the floor< g >. I must admit, however, that I was too thick headed to try it.:-) Probably thinking that the problem was related to the old stuft in the 16 bit API, which the run command would use. Quite frankly, I didn't think it could recognize the long file names, with or without quotes.

Nice catch, Denise. Thanks for the heads up.