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How do I launch a windows program while in FoxPro?

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From

12/04/2000 21:39:37

Ed Rauh
Trumbull, Connecticut, United States

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12/04/2000 18:53:04

Greg Griffith
Falcon, Colorado, United States

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Visual FoxPro

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Re: How do I launch a windows program while in FoxPro?

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00356032

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>The Windows Scripting Host (WSH) does provide a nice alternative to the FoxPro Run command. For one, there is no annoying flash of a "DOS" window to look at.
>

FWIW, you can do that by adjusting FOXRUN.PIF; it's just a PITA, and non-portable. You can also use ShellExecute(), or CreateProcess(), or any of a few billion other solutions...

(It's not that I don't like WSH, it's overkill to avoid a flashing DOS Window...)

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