>>I have a top level form EXE and I want to run it from another VFP app and have it minimized. I am running: run /n2 MYAPP.EXE and it isn't being minimized. Any ideas?
>>TIA!
>
>David,
>Use shellexecute.
>
>

#define SW_HIDE             0
>#define SW_SHOWNORMAL       1
>#define SW_NORMAL           1
>#define SW_SHOWMINIMIZED    2
>#define SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED    3
>#define SW_MAXIMIZE         3
>#define SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE   4
>#define SW_SHOW             5
>#define SW_MINIMIZE         6
>#define SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE  7
>#define SW_SHOWNA           8
>#define SW_RESTORE          9
>#define SW_SHOWDEFAULT      10
>#define SW_FORCEMINIMIZE    11
>#define SW_MAX              11
>
>declare long ShellExecute in "shell32.dll" ;
>	long hwnd, string lpszOp, ;
>	string lpszFile, string lpszParams, ;
>    string lpszDir, long nShowCmd
>
>ShellExecute(0,'open','c:\mypath\myapp.exe',0,0,SW_SHOWMINIMIZED)

Cetin

I tried this and it doesn't work on either of my applications. They are top-level apps with a minimized button activated. I even tried sending a parameter to the EXE to set the WindowState in the Init and that hasn't worked.