>How do I pass a command line parameter to a Dos Foxpro 2.6 executable from Visual foxpro. The below code does not work.
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>prmstartdate = date()-15
>prmenddate = date()
>! /n C:\work\acct\acct05.exe prmstartdate prmenddate
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>Receiving program.
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>Param prmstartdate, prmenddate
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>Problem is the values in the variables are displayed as prmstartdate and not the value.

It depends what is acct05.exe expecting. If it's expecting two date strings, give it strings - i.e. do what Dave Bower said. You may need to surround them with quotes, maybe (again, depending on what it expects) like this, and may need to convert them to strings beforehand:

! /n C:\work\acct\acct05.exe "&prmstartdate" "&prmenddate"

OTOH, if it's a Fox executable, you can call it directly:

do c:\work\acct\acct05.exe with prmStartDate, prmEndDate