Thanks Alan also found this which seems to work very well ...
https://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/check-if-exe-running-and-optionally-terminate-it
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From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Alan Bourke
Sent: 09 June 2021 11:40
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: ShellExecute
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//d5fk67ky(v=vs.85)
Function RunUsingWSH(lcExe, lcCommandLine) as Integer
Local loWshShell
loWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
this.nProcessReturnCode = loWshShell.Run(lcExe + " " +
lcCommandLine, 1, .t.) && Wait for result.
Endfunc
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Alan Bourke
alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, at 10:33 AM, Chris Davis wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I want to ShellExecute a program repeatedly but not until the previous
> instance has finished, what's the best approach? So I effectively
> want to wait in a loop until the previous instance exits and then run
> it again.
>
> Ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Chris.
>
>
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