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How to run a program on Internet from VFP
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04/01/2000 13:48:01
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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ActiveX controls in VFP
Miscellaneous
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00312571
Message ID:
00312583
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>Hi All,
>
>I have a program which creates a text file and uploads to Unix using FTP protocol (MSINET.OCX) from VFP. Is there a way to execute a program in Unix within VFP to update this text file.
>

If you have a mechanism to talk to the Unix box, then yes, but it would not be a native capability inside of VFP. You can't issue a command to Unix from the Windows Shell, either; you have to start up a client such as Telnet to talk to the Unix box.
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