>Thank you George for continuing to assist me. I am not sure I know what you mean by quotes and spaces. should it be ( in vfp):
>commandline = "c:\program files\cadcam\cadcam.exe"
>commandline= ["]+ commandline + ["}

Yep! You got it.

>And..... I have a new wrinkle that needs your talent.
>If you double click on a file called c:\cadcam\my CadFile.cad, the file opens in the correct editor. I guess the install program made the proper associations for the cad files. How can I utilize WScript to simulate a double click on c:\cadcam\my CadFile.cad so it will open in the proper editor. Then I could use VFP to activate the editor and display the file.
>
>Dr. G. (Neil)

Actually, the Shell object's Run method can do that for you too. Just send it the file name, and it'll open in the appropriate editor.