>>Is there a way to keep the DOS window from appearing wher exicuting the run command?
>Steven,
>Use shellexecute instead.
>Cetin
ie:

declare long ShellExecute in "shell32.dll" ;
	long hwnd, string lpszOp, ;
	string lpszFile, string lpszParams, ;
    string lpszDir, long nShowCmd

ShellExecute(0,'','c:\fpd26\foxprox.exe','mytest.prg','c:\fpd26',0)

VFP calling FoxDOS which in turn runs a prg silent.
Cetin