Hi all
I want to call a Delphi executable from a legacy system by shelling out to DOS from a telnet session (in Universe). Since it's a telnet connection, and character based, it won't handle any Windows GUI. I'm wanting to execute a Report Builder report, which normally has the components dropped on a form.
How do I stop a form displaying period - not even for an instant (when executing)? Note - if any GUI info is received on the Telnet connection, it then just ignores my exe.
I've tried creating a data module and placing the report builder component there, then calling the datamodule from a console app. At the moment I'm getting an access violation when it tries to print the Report Builder report.
Am I going about this the right way?
There are good reasons for wanting to run a report this way - i.e. not having to do a ton of coding to move a legacy app into Delphi.
Cheers
Dave Jollie
Developer, TOWER NZ IT
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