>>VFP 5.0. From within a main exe i call a second exe (VFP exe), with the command
>>! N7/ second.exe, clicking on a commandbutton.
>>Sometimes if i click on a main form before the second exe appearing, the second exe is showed behind the first.
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>You're starting a separate executable and Window that runs disjoint from the first application, and you've done nothing to coordinate the two apps or establish which will be the foreground task. There are a number of API calls related to establishing the ZOrder of various application's top-level Windows such as ShowWindow(), SetActiveWindow(), SetForegroundWindow() and the like; you'll need to experiment with them. There's no provision internal to VFP using only native VFP code to coordinate the separate processes.
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>If you want to run the second executable with an apparent Modal behavior relative to the first, you might experiment with using my API_APPRUN class in the Files Section; it has the ability to start a WinApp and wait on it's termination before returning to the calling VFP app, unlike run with the /N switches. You also might want to look at using The Windows Script Host's Wscript.Shell object; it can start (and wait on termination if desired) a WinApp, and can cause the activation of an app based on the primary Window's titlebar for a given application. There are links in my signature block to several WSH resource sites.
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>>Always on top does not help me.
>>Some suggestion?
>>Thanx
Hi Ed,
Thanks for your reply. I've tried your api_apprun. But it does no help me, because 'lunchappandwait' just call the exe and wait. But it don't do nothing to put the called exe as the top of the screen:am i wrong?
I did not find ShowWindow() SetActiveWindow and so on. Have you some code example, or can you tell me where I should search for this?
I just want an exe not underground!
Thanx in advance