>I have a situation where I allow users to select multiple rows in a grid in a main application. For the records they've selected, I would like to launch a sub-application, which is independant of the main - a separate EXE. I need to launch multiple instances of the sub-app, according to the number of records they selected. Also, if the main app is shut down, the sub-apps must continue running.
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>I don't believe that I can simply "DO sub-app.exe" in a FOR loop, because it then becomes a subordinate of the main app.
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>So, the question is... Is there any way to pass a parameter to a VFP EXE using ShellExecute? If so, what parameter, and how/where does it get accepted?
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You can pass a parameter to another application as a part of the command line using either an API call or the native RUN command. take a lok at my API_APPRUN for an example of how this is done using CreateProcess().

The main of the called app must have a PARAMETERS or LPARAMETERS statement to accept the command line parameter(s), and some flags that are used byu the runtime itself should be avoided.