Hi Diane,

See if you can redirect the ouput of the DOS program to the file. If you can than you can display that file in your VFP program using MODIFY FILE, for example.

>Hi,
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>I used the api_apprun that I found in the process.vcx from Ed Raugh from the download section. I really like it thanks's Ed.
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>My question is, I use it to run an exe which run from a DOS windows. Once the programe end, the DOS windows dissapear. I would like the DOS windows to stay open because the exe writes comments in DOS to tell the user if the program worked correctly or not (for example it would say how many rows where treated succesfully and how many with errors). Is there a way I can leave the DOS windows open until the user close it manually?
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>Diane Robitaille eng.