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From: mdb@abcom.ATT.COM (3030 )
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Running external programs from within dBASE3+ application?
Message-ID: <2319@abcom.ATT.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 91 01:21:57 GMT
References: <41489@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
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From article <41489@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, by brand@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Graham Brand):
> Can someone tell me if it possible to run an external program from 
> within a dbase3+ application and then use the results to update a
> database. An example of this would be to call up an external 
> database from within the application.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Graham

To run an external program within Dbase III+ all you need to do is 
RUN <program>

	example:  RUN MYPROG

Note:  You will need to make sure that you have enough memory to do
	the RUN command.

Mike Barnes
(415) 224-3030