>>I created a laucher application using VFP 5.0 which consist of simple program to run a form that consist of multi command buttons to execute the sub applications (EXE's).
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>>My problem is that once I click on one of the buttons it executes the related sub application and then closes the sub application & the launcher applicatoion.
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>>I noticed that the sub application is not recognizing the READ EVENTS command, WHY?
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>Do you get the same results when the sub-applications are .APP instead of a .EXE? It is not necessary to provide the sub-apps as .EXE if they are called by a VFP .EXE.

Yes, same result