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Calling another program.EXE
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00902816
Message ID:
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>I need to call another program (its not a VFP app) from within my program.
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>Here is what I need to do:
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>1) first of all, see if this other program is in fact installed on the persons computer (it might or might not be).
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>2) if it is, call it and pass it a parameter.
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>Mel Cummings

Hi Mel,

I guess you could check for presence of program.exe in the certain folder, or for registry keys (if any) the run the program with RUN /N command.
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
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