Keith,

Thanks for getting me started on this. I've been wanting to have this functionality for some time now and your question got me moving. I thought you might like to know I've added another line to do away with one of my other little pet peeves. Put the line:

KEYBOARD '{CTRL+F10}'

after the modi comm line and then you will get a nice full screen edit window.

Bill

>>I can compile and run. Works for me. You can't use the keyword Open. I think it overwrites the default. Did you try 'Edit with notepad' or something?
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>Yeah, you can save in notepad, switch over to VFP and compile/run etc, but what Mike is talking about (and what my question was) was causing VFP to fire up its internal editor.
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>I'm diggin' Bill's method too.
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> ...kt