I had to add a couple of things. VFP6 bury's its executable under
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\VFP98\. I had to put quotes around the exe path as well as the prg path.

Now if we could only get it to use the running copy of VFP, we'd have the perfect solution. :-)

Good work sir, and thanks.

...kt
>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}'
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>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?
>>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>> ...kt