Sorry, I wasn't clear enough concerning command. I'm thinking of the DOS prompt. The program will be run from the DOS prompt in a batch file and I want it to be able to place a status message there if any problems or if completed.
If you use the run ! command, it tries to execute what is placed in the DOS prompt. I want a simple message to show there without "Bad command or filename" below it. (Actually, how do you put the "Bad command or filename" on the screen? Similar to that.)

Thanks
>>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.
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>A sample:
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>* test.prg
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>*** 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
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