>>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.
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>Build your app as OLE DLL instead of EXE. You should be able to use it like an OCX/ActiveX from C++. I think you should also register your DLL using REGSRV32.EXE program.
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>Vlad

Thanks for the suggestion. I discovered WinExec in VC++ and that did the trick. Also, I pass a parameter and use the PARAMETERS and it picks up the location of my database.