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>There's also the _ShellExecute class in the _Environ.vcx class library that you'll find in the FFC folder directly beneath VFP. Further, the Windows Script Host's WScript.Shell object's Run method can do this and wait for the called application to close as well.


Thanks for the hint. I'm still feel uncomfortable using the WScript in our standard programs that we distrubute here, I do not know how many users have the WScripting host installed. Is there a way to check for this?