"Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:ce7F9.83$qM5.32@tornadotest1.news.pas.earthlink.net... > "roland.rashleigh-berry" <roland.rashleigh-berry@ntlworld.com> wrote in > message news:LI5F9.2190$qj1.135050@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net... > > I have a small macro that renames a flat file, replaces a special > character > > with spaces and writes it out to the originally named file. It works just > > fine except that it leaves the MS-DOS windows open and I have to close > them > > by issuing an "exit" command. Can can I do this without leaving those > > windows open? > > > > In Winders you can also use ModuleN to run Windows API functions > http://www.devenezia.com/downloads/sas/sascbtbl, Look for MoveFileA > -- > Richard A. DeVenezia

Thanks. I'll check that out later.

Roland