Mike,
Even though you have an answer already, here is another.

See my FAQ#7903.

Regards.

>My VFP6 App needs to Synchronise to the time of a server (if one is connected).
>The command:
>

>RUN /n NET TIME <servername> /SET /YES
>

>works fine, but flashes up a DOS window.
>So I tried the following - which seems to run, but doesn't actually do the job.
>Can anyone help?
>

>DECLARE INTEGER CreateProcess IN kernel32;
>  STRING    lpApplicationName,;
>  STRING    lpCommandLine,;
>  INTEGER @ lpProcessAttributes,;
>  INTEGER @ lpThreadAttributes,;
>  INTEGER   bInheritHandles,;
>  INTEGER   dwCreationFlags,;
>  INTEGER @ lpEnvironment,;
>  STRING    lpCurrentDirectory,;
>  STRING    lpStartupInfo,;
>  STRING  @ lpProcessInformation
>
> lpApplicationName     = "NET"
> lpCommandLine         = " TIME " + lcServerName + " /SET /YES"
> lpProcessAttributes   = 0
> lpThreadAttributes    = 0
> bInheritHandles       = 1
> dwCreationFlags       = 0
> lpEnvironment         = 0
> lpCurrentDirectory    = "c:\"
> lpStartupInfo         = REPLI (Chr(0), 250)
> lpProcessInformation  = REPLI (" ", 250)
>
>CreateProcess (;
>  lpApplicationName,;
>  lpCommandLine,;
>  @lpProcessAttributes,;
>  @lpThreadAttributes,;
>  bInheritHandles,;
>  dwCreationFlags,;
>  @lpEnvironment,;
>  lpCurrentDirectory,;
>  lpStartupInfo,;
>  @lpProcessInformation)
>