KB140694 - How to Restart the Macintosh from Within FoxPro

Article ID: 140694

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2003

Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 2.5c for Macintosh
Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Professional Edition for Macintosh
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q140694

SUMMARY

In some cases, you may need to provide a FoxPro application with the ability to restart the computer. FoxPro doesn't have the capability to do this directly, so it needs to call functions at the operating system level.

On the Macintosh, this can be done with either Apple Script commands or by using C code in a shared library (MLB) or external command (XCMD).

MORE INFORMATION

Method One

Launch the Script Editor, which is an Apple application used to create scripts. Type the following in the script:
```
   Tell application "Finder"
      restart
   End tell
```
Save the script in your Microsoft FoxPro folder as RestartMe.
Call the script from within FoxPro with this command:
```
   RUNSCRIPT "MyHardDrive:Microsoft FoxPro 2.6:restartme"
						
```
This does the same thing as clicking Restart on the Special menu.
To turn off the Macintosh from within FoxPro, use these commands:
```
   Tell application "Finder"
      shutdown
   End tell
```

Method Two

#include <pro_ext.h>
#include <shutdown.h>
void FAR goodbye( ParamBlk FAR *parm )

{

     ShutDwnStart();

}

FoxInfo myFoxInfo[]={

     {"GOODBYE", (FPFI) goodbye, 0, ""}

};

FoxTable _FoxTable={

     (FoxTable FAR *) 0,
     sizeof(myFoxInfo) / sizeof(FoxInfo),
     myFoxInfo

};

Once this is created, placed in a Shared Library such as Restart.mlb, and saved to the Extensions Folder in the System Folder, it can be called with the following code in FoxPro:

   SET LIBRARY TO restart.mlb
   =goodbye()

NOTE: Under Windows, you can co this with the ExitWindows API as referenced in the the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

109607 How to Reboot the System from Within FoxPro

110254 How to Restart Windows from Within FoxPro

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