Well! Thanks for all the replies: Paul - 1. re use of Pause. Yep, that would have been a last resort!
Pedrocelli - the Patch builder is 3rd party with no source. Jeremy - 1 No. 2 I was sort of coming to the conclusion that I might have to do this. Paul and Nello (again!) This is interesting: Call NewPatch.exe waited properly on NT4 and Win2K but not on Win95 Start NewPatch.exe didn't wait on NT4 and Win2K not tested on Win95 Now "Start /WAIT NewPatch.exe" does wait on NT4 and Win2K so is certainly worth trying on the client's Win95. Thanks - I'll let you know how it goes next week. Mark On 30 May 2003 at 7:48, Nello Sestini wrote: > Mark > > I believe the START command also is supported in W95 > > so if in your batch file you have > > START /w "foo1.exe" > START /w "foo2.exe" > > foo2 will wait for foo1 to complete before starting > > i'm not 100% sure about this - but i think it's correct > > > > -ns > http://www.roserox.co.th > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 05:59 > Subject: RE: [DUG]: OffTopic Batch file question > > > > Stacey > > Thanks for that suggestion but it doesn't fix the problem. > > > > The interesting thing is that the batch file that I have > > written works perfectly on Win2K but not on Win95. > > > > It's very frustrating to try to track down, because the client > > site only run's it once a day so I can only try a new fix once > > a day. (Can't fix it on my machine coz it ain't broke) > > > > I've also tried a batch file that goes: > > > > Call NewPatch.exe > > Call SetAttrib.bat > > Call DirBackup.bat > > > > Same problem the calls to the batch files run before the > > NewPatch EXE has even opened. > > > > Mark > > > > On 28 May 2003 at 16:23, Stacey Verner wrote: > > > > > I'm a little rusty here, but I think that Call runs another > > > process and waits for it. > > > > > > e.g. > > > > > > Call NewPatch.exe. > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Mark Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2003 16:20 > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > > > Subject: [DUG]: OffTopic Batch file question > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > > > Sorry for posting this on the main group - but it seems > > > > OffTopic is not > > > > behaving. This is what I posted there a couple of days ago. > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I have a batch file that goes something like: > > > > > > > > NewPatch.exe //this is a Windows GUI application > > > > ATTRIB +R D:\PSLogV2\DBData\*.* > > > > > > > > This works fine on my Win2K machine - in that it waits for > > > > NewPatch to complete before running the ATTRIB line. > > > > > > > > On a client's Win95 machine, however it doesn't wait for > > > > NewPatch.exe to complete (in fact the ATTRIB line runs before > > > > the GUI app has even opened its window). > > > > > > > > Has anyone encountered this problem before? and is there a work > > > > around? > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------- > > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > > > Web Archive at: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ---- ----- > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > > Web Archive at: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > - > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
