OK, boys and girls, once and for all. <drum roll.....>
If you start hlds.exe from a Command Shell under Win9x, WinXP, or Win2000, it will open it's own console and run in that. The command shell you start it from does this: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. P:\>hlds -console P:\> You are back at the ...um...so, can I call this a DOS prompt? Or is it more correctly the command shell prompt? Whatever you want to call it, you are there and hlds is running in it's own console/shell. ----- Original Message ----- From: "OoksServer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows 2003 Error > Try it and see what happens, then let us know what you found. I'll do it > myself tonight. Under Win9x, it most definitely opens it's own console, and > I'm fairly certain it does so under Win2000+ as well. I'm sure someone here > will try it and report their findings fairly soon. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clayton Macleod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:32 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Windows 2003 Error > > > >I haven't tried it with hlds, but this would be the first win32 > > console app I've seen that would open up its own console window when > > you're already running in one. And 'command prompt' in > > win2000/winxp/win2003server is NOT a DOS shell. It is a win32 console. > > > > On 7/1/05, OoksServer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> IIRC, this doesn't work because hlds still opens up it's own console > >> window > >> if run from a command/cmd window. Hlds is not a DOS application and does > >> not > >> run in a DOS shell. It is a win32 console application. Unlike > >> bsp/rad/vis/etc, it opens up it's own console and runs in that. The only > >> thing I've been able to do that helps is to quickly press Print Screen > >> immediately before the console window closes. The timing is tricky but it > >> should work. > > > > > > -- > > Clayton Macleod > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
