>Its clear from the past days efforts that I need to use something other than the VFP RUN command to launch a couple of viewer programs - Envoy, Word and Acrobat.
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>What alternatives are there to this command? Any examples would be greatly appreciated!
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Tons of them; if you have VFP6, the FFC has a ShellExecute() class that uses the Win32 API ShellExecute() to run things. My API_APPRUN class, which can be downloaded from the Files Section on UT, uses the CreateProcess() API to run programs; it offers a great deal of flexibility as far as running and tracking WinApps and DOS apps, including the ability to wait on their termination and examine their termiantion code. And then there are automation options as well - Wscript.Shell has a Run method, Shell.Application has an Open method. The list is very extensive.