I'm converting a VB app over to VFP7. It is a menu system that runs on Windows Terminal Server. It starts various apps and also prevents the user from running them more than once. The problem is that I cannot find vfp equivalent of some of the vb commands. Here is the vb code...

dim RTDispatchHandle

Private Sub cmdRTDispatch_Click()
On Error GoTo startapp
    AppActivate RTDispatchHandle
    GoTo skipstartapp
startapp:
    RTDispatchHandle = Shell("notepad.exe", 1)
skipstartapp:
End Sub

VB's shell returns a task ID. AppActivate brings the app to the foreground if it is running. Can this be done in vfp?