CreateProcess will do this. Just Declare it and set up the parameters. The key is to setup your structure properly.
>How hard can it be to simply execute another windows application from VFP?
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>From the VFP documentation I understand the RUN command to be used for executing a DOS command and being able to adjust various settings in the FOXRUN.PIF or an appropriate other PIF file.
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>When I run the following command I do manage to run solitair but get the unavoidable dos box with it.
>run c:\winnt\system32\sol.exe
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>There must be some native way of adressing just plain windows executables.
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>No, of course I don't want to run solitaire. What I'm trying to do is to execute a winbatch file with a .wbt extension (Wilson WindowWare - Winbatch - Version 99K - WIL Interpreter) to remote control another software to export certain data.
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>Teddy