[DUG] Shellexecute issues in Delphi - call hangs until the program it starts finishes.

[John Bird]

There is an old saying I remember seeing on the door of a university 
lecturer's door is a good motto for these kinds of problems that fool one:

"This problem once solved will be simple"

John

> Thanks guys but simply a matter of leaping to conclusions - I didnt see
> results of next code line so assumed it was shellexecute. Closer
> examination showed that it was a case of mutex conflict. Rule of
> debugging - never jump to conclusions. Oh well, I'll learn it one day.
>