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>>Search around here for articles about 'ShellExecute' API function. There are samples for VFP here. RUN command will not help you because it will not return control to VFP until you exit from Outlook.
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>It's not true.
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>From Foxpro help:
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>A Windows-based application executed with RUN /N or ! /N behaves the same way the application does when you open it through the Windows Explorer or by selecting Run from the Start menu.
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Yes, the asynchronous problem happens generally when you RUN DOS programs. In that case you can use WSH Shell Run() to have VFP wait till the external program closes.