I tried this on my computer. This only works if scripting is enabled, which it is not on my computer due to our security policy.
The zip command I posted works. There is a quick flash of a console window and then the batch file runs minimized. Also, I found out that in 7.6 for windows, zip returns immediately so even if your batch takes some time, control returns immediately to RBASE, Dennis McGrath ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:35 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Silent LAUNCH command. Thank you Marc. I adapted the solution found here: http://www.computing.net/answers/dos/run-batch-file-invisiblestealth/14270.html to produce a completely silent batch file runner. The solution is to create a single line VBS program like this: CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False and then LAUNCH that VBS program from R:Base, passing the name of the batch file (or other command line) as the argument. I called my VBS script "launcher.vbs". So in my program I replaced: LAUNCH SendFax.BAT with LAUNCH launcher.vbs|SendFax.BAT The VBS doesn't create a DOS console, and the Shell command inside the VBS doesn't either. -- Larry
