>I need to run a VFP 3.0 program that PACK's the database. Visual C++ won't let me execute the command directly because it won't allow exclusive access to the VFP database (It is a snapshot type). So, I wrote a VFP program that goes through each table and issues a PACK command. I am trying to execute the program from Visual C++ using the following:
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>// i = CreateProcess("C:\\esdk2030\\esdkpack.exe", NULL, NULL, NULL, TRUE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
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>The preceeding statement runs without errors but the value of i is 0(zero) which means it didn't really execute the esdkpack.exe program.
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>Any ideas on how to execute a VFP program from Visual C++. Thanks. Don West.

VFP exe requires ESL file at least. Basically, you should run setup process to install and run it smoothly. But before you will start, I guess simple test (try to run it directly from Win Explorer) would be relevant.