It is. The expression looks like this

((((b4 * 256)+b3)*256)+b2)*256)+b1
* or w/o parenthesis
b4*256^3 + b3*256^2  +b2*256 + b1

>Typo. I mean the multiplier be increasing by 2**8, or more precisely, value of multiplier should be 256**n such that third byte should be multiplied by 256**2 and forth byte should be multiplied by 256**3
>
>>I was looking at the code for this class. Can the extractdword method be right??? Shouldn't the multiplier be increasing by 2*8 instead of being 256 for 3 of the 4 terms?
>>
>>

>>PROCEDURE parseprocessinfostruc
>>LPARAMETER cProcessInfoStructure
>>WITH This
>>  .inProcessHandle = .ExtractDWORD(cProcessInfoStructure)
>>  .inThreadHandle = .ExtractDWORD(SUBST(cProcessInfoStructure,5))
>>ENDWITH
>>
>>ENDPROC
>>
>>
>>PROCEDURE extractdword
>>LPARAMETER cStringToExtractFrom
>>IF TYPE('cStringToExtractFrom')='C' AND LEN(cStringToExtractFrom) >= 4
>>  RETURN (((ASC(SUBST(cStringToExtractFrom,4,1))*256) + ;
>>  ASC(SUBST(cStringToExtractFrom,3,1)))*256 + ;
>>  ASC(SUBST(cStringToExtractFrom,2,1)))*256 + ;
>>  ASC(LEFT(cStringToExtractFrom,1))
>>ELSE
>>  this.icErrorMessage = 'Invalid DWORD string passed for conversion'
>>  RETURN NULL
>>ENDIF
>>ENDPROC
>>

>>
>>>>hello everybody,
>>>>
>>>>how could I hide the DOS Command Prompt that pops up when I run a DOS command in my VFP program?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks very much,
>>>>Jimi
>>>
>>>Take a look at file #9477. It allows to run command hidden.