Larry, I think this used to work in W98SE - you may to "update" it for XP or Vista:
Create what used to be called a PIF file that runs a Dos Box _minimised_ and use that to run your batch file.You may need to be creative in how you name the files - it's a while since I did it now so my memory's vague at best. You might also need to direct any spurious Dos output to nul: attrib -r *.* > nul I do wish Windows had a proper silent option for running BAT files. It would be even nicer if it had standard output and error output like Unix but that's another story, I suppose. Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Lustig To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Silent LAUNCH command. I have an R:Base program which builds a batch file to perform some system level processing. I can LAUNCH the batch file, it works great. However, a DOS window flashes on the screen while the batch file operates. There's no output, so there's no need for the window or the flashing. Can anyone think of a clever way to launch a batch file "invisibly"? Failing that, does anyone (paging MikeB, paging MikeB, Mr. B please pick up the white courtesy phone) have the STDCALL worked out to do this directly through ShellExecEx? -- Larry No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1570 - Release Date: 24/07/2008 06:59
