>Then build in a CONFIG.FPW file with SCREEN=OFF in it
>for your VFP .EXE. That way you won't have to see anything
>at all when it runs.

As I said, it won't help even with SCREEN=OFF in CONFIG.FPW; it always put the DOS program from full-screen to a window mode, which is annoying and not very friendly.

The biggest problem is, as it seems, how to start a VFP application from DOS program totaly invisible, run some code there, then close VFP application and continue with DOS program.