how to avoid blank screen on RUN command

Question

Visula FoxPro 9 application runs application and wait for finish using command

RUN openssl.exe  ... parameters

multiple times. This causes ugly blank screen flashing.

How to remove blank screen flash ? how to run application miniized ? Which is exact replacement of RUN command for this ? Can shellexecute or Ed Rauh API_APIRun class used or is there other simple solution ?

Answer 1

I use API_APPRUN by the late, great Ed Rauh.

You can find the code here: https://www.universalthread.com/ShowHeaderArticleOneItem.aspx?ID=7789

Below is the basic usage. I created a visual class library (VCX) using Ed's code. I then dropped the class on a vfp form with the name of "apprun".

lcCmdLine = "openssl.exe  ... parameters"
thisform.apprun.init(lcCmdLine)
thisform.apprun.LaunchAppAndWait()

API_APPRUN is clean and should work as you expect.