>>>>Hi Fred,
>>>> Thanks. It doesn't seem to be accessing the foxrun.pif. I suppose that's the crux of the problem. Thanks again.
>>>>
>>>>Daniel
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>>>What makes you say that? Where's your FOXRUN.PIF located?
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>>Hi Fred,
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>> The whole sheban is at a clients place, but here it is as best as I remmember:
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>> The foxrun.pif is located in the directory (on the server) where the application is. The config.fpw on the server however, points all the work files to the users machine. I think that's the problem. I also noticed that when I run the compiled app outside of foxpro, I don't have the problem. It's only when I run it from inside that it doesn't close down correctly.
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>> So why would I want the app to run from inside foxpro? I was having a problem with the fonts on the reports. They are just big black marks. No fonts, and I can't remember what causes that. I will post a message.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>>Daniel
>>
>>
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>As far as the location of the .PIF file, I think it needs to be wherever your run-time files are located for FoxPro.
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Okay. Thanks.


>The black marks may be caused by the transparent setting of the label. This was a problem with the run-time of FPW under W95. Are you running FPW or VFP? I don't think this is a problem with VFP.

FPW under 2000. Thanks. I'll get back to you if there are any problems.
Daniel



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>>>>>Check your FOXRUN.PIF properties and on the Program tab, there is a Close on Exit checkbox.
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Daniel,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can't answer your question directly, but you could solve your problem use Ed Rauh's API_APPRUN utility in the files section... its far superior to the run command.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Mace
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>>>>>> Normaly when I execute a command useing run or ! I can select the 'close on exit' checkbox so that the window automatically closes after execution.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can't find this checkbox in Windows 2000. How do I mimic the behavior, ie. shut down the window after the command executes?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Daniel