Hello Tim, On Monday, March 17, 2003 at 2:20:49 AM you [TM]wrote (at least in part):
PP>> ,-----= [ ] =----- PP>> | start "C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /MINIMIZE PP>> | exit PP>> `-----= TM> Thanks Peter, that did what I asked about! But I had to do it like this. TM> ,----- [ Seems Win2k changed the syntax of 'start' ] TM> | start "starting TB" "C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /MINIMIZE TM> `----- start "" "C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /MINIMIZE Would do the same ... seems W2K-cmd need the "title", even if empty, when parameters are about to be passed to "program" ... TM> Any idea about figuring about when TB has finished closing? start "" /wait "C:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /MINIMIZE will make the cmd-script wait until The Bat! finished. From outside that script I don't know a way from the top of my memory as I don't know a CLI program for accessing the process list, like 'ps' ... -- Regards Peter Palmreuther (The Bat! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3) George Orwell was an optimist. ________________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBTECH" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
