>>Does anybody know how to return the 'errorlevel' variable from MS-DOS either using the getenv or another method. I believe that VFP5.0 reads all the MS-DOS variables on entry. But does it use those read results or the variable at the time of checking?
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>You might SET a variable in the batch file (if ERRORLEVEL=.. SET ... = ..) and read that Variable using getenv.
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>HTH,
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>Marc

Marc

Sorry I have taken so long in reading this message. Thanks for the tip. I will try it this afternoon and get back to you.

Cheers
Campbell