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What's the command for screen to run windows application
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13/08/2000 14:22:28
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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00403761
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00404421
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>>>Thanks for your help. It works.
>>>But then how can I run text document (I mean *.txt) using the RUN command?
>>>This is because I would like my autorun screen to be able to run the Readme file for the user to view.
>>
>>RUN START yourfile.txt
>
>START is an internal command; you need to explicitly launch a command procesor; simply use ShellExecute() or the FFC _ShellExecute in _ENVIRON.VCX to run it; it alllows some action other than the default to run.

Hmm, it seems to work OK for me. It does only START something for whatever the file extension is registered to, though. TXT files bring up NOTEPAD on my system (via FOXRUN.PIF).
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP

foxcentral.net
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