Exec ('notepad.exe', 'c:\temp\foo.txt');

Thanks Professor.

Actually I tried to replace Exec with PExecute. I'm adapting my old Pascal programs ( they're ok with FPC, VP ) to the GNU Pascal standards and found that Exec doesn't fires the program while your simple code works fine.

Peter

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