Glad I could help Bill. Maybe the next time I visit your fair city I will look you up.

Glenn

>Thanks Glenn,
>Both methods get the job done.
>I was really hoping to find a way to do it completely in VFP, but I'll accept a windows solution.
>
>
>>Hi Bill,
>>
>>On what platform is this command to execute? If Windows Scripting is available you can:
>>

>>oShell = Createobject('WScript.Shell')
>>  oShell.Exec(lc + ' "'+lcParameter+'"')
>>

>>
>>if not then I would recommend the API_RUN class as developed by the late Ed Rauh. You can find this class in the Downloads as file#9477. To implement this class in your code would take the following code:
>>
>>

>>local lo, lcCmdline
>>IF NOT '\process' $ LOWER(SET('classlib'))
>>  SET CLASSLIB TO 'process' additive
>>ENDIF
>>* - Passing string parameters
>>lcCmdLine = lC + ' "'+ lcParameter + '"'
>>lo=CREATEOBJECT('api_apprun',lcCmdLine,FULLPATH('.'))
>>lo.launchapp()
>>lo = ''
>>

>>
>>This is a typical implementation of the run command, but I would develop my own procedure for generic running of programs.
>>
>>

>>Procedure RunCmd
>>lPar pCmd,p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7
>>local lcCmd, i
>>lcCmd = ''
>>if pcount() > 0
>>  set textmerge on to memvar lcCmd noshow
>>  \<<lcCmd>>
>>  for i = 1 to pCount()-1
>>    lcPar = 'p'+trans(i)
>>    lcPar = eval(lcPar)
>>**  Can only pass by value
>>    do case
>>    case vartype(lcPar) = 'C'
>>      \\ "<<lcPar>>",
>>    case inlist(vartype(lcPar), 'D','T'
>>      \\ {<<lcPar>>},
>>    case inlist(vartype(lcPar),'L','N'
>>      \\ <<lcPar>>,
>>    endcase
>>  endfor
>>  set textmerge to
>>  *** Remove extra comma
>>  if i > 1
>>    lcCmd = left(lcCmd,len(lcCmd) - 1)
>>  endif
>>  local lo
>>  IF NOT '\process' $ LOWER(SET('classlib'))
>>    SET CLASSLIB TO 'process' additive
>>  ENDIF
>>  lo=CREATEOBJECT('api_apprun',lcCmd,FULLPATH('.'))
>>  lo.launchapp()
>>  lo = ''
>>endif
>>

>>
>>Bill I did not test this code, but I am sure you can go from here if you choose.
>>
>>Glenn
>>
>>
>>>Hi Glenn,
>>>

>>>Finally got a simple one to run by doing:
>>>lc = getfile()
>>>run ["&lc"]
>>>

>>>Now I need to include a parameter in lc:
>>>

>>>lc = getfile()
>>>------ option 1 -------
>>>lc = lc + [ "] + lcParameter + ["]
>>>run ["&lc"]     && doesn't work because there are ["]s in lc
>>>run ['&lc']     && doesn't work either
>>>
>>>------ option 2 -------
>>>lc = lc + [ '] + lcParameter + [']
>>>run ["&lc"]     && doesn't work either
>>>
>>>Any idea how I can accomplish this?
>>>

>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Bill,
>>>>
>>>>The run command itself requires the quoted string to pass the quotes to the command line therefore to execute this command try this:
>>>>

>>>>run ["c:\Set Time\settime.bat"]
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>This will work every time.
>>>>
>>>>Glenn Domeracki
>>>>