>>>Hello all, I have an application that is automating Microsoft MapPoint. What I would like to do is run that code segment in its own process or thread so that my application doesn't have to wait for the automation process to end. I have never tried this before. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks for the help.
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>>You can use the native RUN command, or better, my API_APPRUN class, to spawn a new process from a VFP app. API_APPRUN has the advantage of allowing you to poll the status of the spawned app and control whether it runs synchronously or asynchronously.
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>Isn't this for VFP ?

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