Ben,

This will let you access the NET command (or any other cmd line command)
! /N7 NET SEND machineName "Message"
OR
RUN /N7 NET SEND machineName "messageText"

This actually was faster on my machine than from a cmd prompt! :)

The /N7 leaves the DOS (sorry, cmd.exe) window minimized and inactive, so
it doesn't pop up in the user's face.

Note: I ran this in VFP 5 but it should be the same.

If shelling out is too much overhead, or you really don't want the cmd window to start, then I guess this won't help you much. If that's ok, then this should do it.

HTH

Bill Caputo