>>>>Hi - I'm launching one vfp exe from another using shellexecute - how can I pass multiple parameters to the second exe when I do this?
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>>>>TIA,
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>>>Use the lparameters string and don't use commas, but rather spaces to separate them.
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>>Ok - I'm getting a result of 2 (Bad Association) Exact call is
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DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
>>		IN SHELL32.DLL ;
>>		INTEGER,;
>>		STRING,;
>>		STRING,;
>>		STRING,;
>>		STRING,;
>>		INTEGER
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>>? ShellExecute(0,'Open','myapp.exe',"'a' 'b' 'c' 'd' 'e' 'f'","",1)

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>>Ideas?
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>Well, first, ShellExecute is primary used to launch files with an associated application. It can, however, be used to start an new instance of an application.
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>The problem looks to be the way the parameter list is identified. When passing parameters, they're always passed as strings so if you replace
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>"'a' 'b' 'c' 'd' 'e' 'f'"
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>with
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>"a b c d e f"
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>That may do it.

No - the first way worked - I was just being dense .. thanks for your help ...
KBM