>I am writing a simple app to move some files. the program will be called from the command prompt. Is there any way to dump text to the command prompt from within VFP? I thought of the "run" command, but I don't see any way to simply place text there without the shell trying to run it.
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>Any ideas are appreciated.

A sample:

* test.prg

*** some code here
ACTIVATE WINDOW COMMAND
KEYBOARD ("USE mytable in 0 ALIAS test")
KEYBOARD "{ENTER}" && if you actually want to open the table
*** some other code here