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>Both of these can be handled with a batch file that checks the errorlevel and, if neccessary, creates a semaphore to let VFP know what happened. I don't know if there's a more direct way to return the results to VFP than creating a semaphore.

That's an interesting question...

I found, playing with the VFP publisher/subscriber sample, that VFP *can* interpret a HRESULT.

Does/can a batch file return a HRESULT?...Would VFP know wht it is in THAT case?