>>Hi George,
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>>Are you surviving the weather up there?
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>>Can ShellExecute() be used to run any DOS program or just DOS commands?
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill
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>No real problems here in C'ville. I think it went to the NW of us. Rome may have been hit pretty bad, but I haven't heard for sure.
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>Yep, you can use ShellExecute() to run a DOS program, just pass it the proper parameters. You really don't need a window handle. Be sure that the command is "open" and the show state is one that will display the window (not hide it).


Talk about weather! We are under _another_ tornado watch! And there was some damage NW last night. What did we do to deserve such _nice_ weather?!

I wanted to add that I just worked with a guy in the ng that had different results with NT and W95 when using ShellExecute.