Joe,

Check API_APPRUN in .VCX form File #9477.

>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...
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>dim RTDispatchHandle
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>Private Sub cmdRTDispatch_Click()
>On Error GoTo startapp
>    AppActivate RTDispatchHandle
>    GoTo skipstartapp
>startapp:
>    RTDispatchHandle = Shell("notepad.exe", 1)
>skipstartapp:
>End Sub
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>VB's shell returns a task ID. AppActivate brings the app to the foreground if it is running. Can this be done in vfp?