Hi Ed,

Thanks for the reply. I looked for SendMessage() in the help file but there is no listing for it. Is that an API call? Where can I find info on it? The program is a DDE server that doesn't support DDE calls to itself so it has to be something else.

Thanks

>>How do I shut down a program started with the run command?
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>Rather than using RUN, use my API_APPRUN class, which has a method to kill what it launches (in a messy fashion.) If it's a WinApp, you'd best investigate using SendMessage() to get it to shut down.
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>>Thanks