Hi Jeff,
It seems to work fine now. I could have sworn that I tried that before and got an error message, but when I tried it now in order to get the error to give to you it works fine.
>Hi Bill
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>Didn't test this, but try:
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> DO edc.exe WITH .T.
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>This assumes, of course, that edc.exe is a VFP program. Let me know if it works.
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>Jeff
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>>I want a button on a form to start an exe file (vfp7.0 exe file) in the background, then continue with the current form. but I can't find a way to pass a parameter to the exe file.
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>>I have tried "run /N edc.exe .T.", but it ignores the .T.
>>I have tried "run /N edc.exe with .T." but I get an error
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>>TIA
Bill Morris