>Hello,
>In my application I am running a .bat file with this command:
>
>Run C:\vfp\ka\Runtime\clearwork.bat
>
>
>Is there a way to specify this to run minimized so the black screen does not pop up when the .bat file is run?
>
>Thanks!
>
>MAC

Use ShellExecute instead.

declare long ShellExecute in "shell32.dll" ;
	long hwnd, string lpszOp, ;
	string lpszFile, string lpszParams, ;
    string lpszDir, long nShowCmd

ShellExecute(0,'Open',;
  'C:\vfp\ka\Runtime\clearwork.bat','','C:\vfp\ka\Runtime',0)

Cetin