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- API_APPRUN in .VCX form File #9477
- ShellExecute API #12636

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>This is a sample program inplementing Shellexecute from Mastering Visual Foxpro by one of our Contributor here.
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>I've change a very little code in it...
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>You can try to play around with this, you can run batch file or dos executables files without any screen..
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>Note: I have tested only once and my pc monitor will flicker (no display, like when your updating a VGA driver under Windows XP..)
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>The code is below..

>cRunExt("\kick.exe") && Substitute the "\kick.exe" with the external exe or
>Function cRunExt     && batch file you want to run...
>LPARAMETERS tcFile
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>tcfile=IIF(type("tcFile")="C",tcFile,;
>	"kick.exe")
>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
>	IN SHELL32.dll ;
>	INTEGER nWinhandle,;
>	STRING cOperation,;
>	STRING cFilename,;
>	STRING cParameters,;
>	String cDirectory,;
>	INTEGER nShowWindow
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>DECLARE INTEGER FindWindow ;
>	IN WIN32API ;
>	STRING cNull,STRING cWinName
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>RETURN ShellExecute(FindWindow(0,""),;
>	"Open",tcFile,;
>	"","","",0)

>I used the other modified code in zipping & unzipping with Winzip in Data Backup & Restore on my programs..
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>Hope you find it useful and you can modified in a better way..
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>Best Regards.
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