>Whenever I call a DOS batch file from VFP, it runs in a DOS window and then waits for a CTRL-C before proceeding. Is there any way to avoid this? I am trying to automate a process that must have a DOS batch file run.
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>My code:
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>lcExe1 = [run postal.bat "mail1120"]
>&lcExe1
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>(KEYBOARD '{CTRL+C}' does not work)
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>TIA,
Steve,

A lot of the problems associated with DOS batch files are addressed by the Windows Script Host. See the series of articles that Ed Rauh and I are writing for the VFUG newsletter. These are avaailable on-line at the VFUG site (www.vfug.org) beginning with last September's issue.