I opened a DOS window on my Win98SE machine and got this info about 'start'. Looks like it should indeed be able to launch an app minimized.
========= beginning ============================ Microsoft(R) Windows 98 (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999. C:\WINDOWS>start /? Runs a Windows program or an MS-DOS program. START [options] program [arg...] START [options] document.ext /m[inimized] Run the new program minimized (in the background). /max[imized] Run the new program maximized (in the foreground). /r[estored] Run the new program restored (in the foreground). [default] /w[ait] Does not return until the other program exits. C:\WINDOWS> =========== end ================================= Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dar Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Call WinAPI? > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 07:24 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > > If they don't have a command line argument, you will need to have > > some other > > app (such as a small VB app) do this for you (unless someone else > > knows how > > to do this). > > Try the shell command "start". I use it for console apps and it > might work for GUIs. I'm not sure what Windows has that, though. > My W2K does. > > Dar Scott > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
