From: jim.giner@suny.edu   
      
   If by system you mean 'SAME PC' then you don't need to specify this K06   
   thing, unless it is part of the DOS path to the file.  But if (as it sounds)   
   this bat file is on a different PC from the one that your pdox call is being   
   made from, then you need it and you do need to change the syntax to \\\\.   
      
   > The batch file, and Paradox, are both on the same system and   
   > that system is named K06.   
   >   
   > Our data files, forms, etc. are on a remote machine that is   
   > nominally our server. ("Nominally" because the server   
   > connects to the other systems as peer to peer.)   
   >   
   > I tried the full path approach because my attempts to call   
   > the batch file as C:\ten.bat failed with the now familiar   
   > error.   
      
   AS for trying "C:\ten.bat" that would fail also - it needs to be   
   "C:\\ten.bat" or more appropriately (from your first example)   
   "C:\\apps\\ten.bat".   
      
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