Need help in Calling fox pro program from c# code

Question

I need some help on calling foxprogram from c# code.

We have dedicated machine where we have fox releated program.

Machine Name : TestFox

We have shared folder \\TestFox\FoxPrograms

I need to call init.prg which is present in \\TestFox\FoxPrograms [It is built in vfp9]

I used the below code

        try
        {

            string foxCommand = "init.prg";
            var parse = new FoxApplication();
            parse.DefaultFilePath = @"\\TestFox\FoxPrograms";
            parse.DoCmd(foxCommand);

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
           //I m getting exception 
           //{System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80020009): 
           //Exception occurred. (Exception from HRESULT: 
           //0x80020009 (DISP_E_EXCEPTION)) at VisualFoxpro.Application.DoCmd 
           //(String  bstrCmd)
           //at CallFox.Program.CallFoxPraser(String step) 
           //in   C  :\Users\ssnagendrakumar\documents\ 
           //visual studio 2010\Projects\CallFox\CallFox\Program.cs:line 32}
        }


  I refered vfp9.exe in solution to get FoxApplication() 

Can someone help me? please

Answer 1

I believe you need to use the VisualFoxpro.FoxApplication class, and you are passing invalid syntax - to execute a VFP program you need to use the DO command:

var parse = new VisualFoxpro.FoxApplication;
string foxCommand = "do init.prg";
parse.DefaultFilePath = @"\\TestFox\FoxPrograms";
parse.DoCmd(foxCommand);