>is there any reason not to use the simple
>RUN construct of;
>
>! attrib &wpfilename +r
>
>having not tried this on VFP, does it no longer
>support the RUN command????? let us not forget
>that maintenance cost is DIRECTLY relational to
>the number of lines of code (no matter how simple
>those lines may be)....


it will work, but will leave a [finished - MS DOS prompt] window that you have to close...