>Hi George
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>oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
>>oShell.Run('myexe.exe', 5, .T.)

>>The "myexe.exe" should be replaced by the fully qualified path of the executable. 5 = SW_SHOWNORMAL and the .T. parameter indicates that the calling application should wait until the called application terminates.
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>That's short and sweet. I guess the parameters to be passed to the exe is included in the exe name string itself, right?

Yep, but watch out for long file names.

>Always open to newer ideas. Thanks a lot for taking time out to respond, esp. after knowing I had settled for Ed's class.

No problem. Ed was the one who introduced me to the WSH. I think that he'd be happy to know that it was of use to someone.