On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Dave Angel <d...@davea.name> wrote:
> (Please don't top-post. Please put your comments after whatever parts > you're quoting (replying to) ) > Apologies Dave. > You need to learn how to create a DOS window (or cmd window, just another > name for same thing) in Windows. One way is to use the RUN prompt in the > Start menu, and run the program CMD. Another is to go to the Start > Menu->Accessories->DOS box. it's been a long time since I ran Windows, so > it may have some different name, but it should be in your accessories > somewhere. Since I use such a shell constantly, I created a shortcut key > to open one. > > Once you do that, you should see a "box" with a C: prompt. It is indeed > black, but you can customize it in many ways. From there you can type all > the commands that Walter was telling you about. And it normally won't go > away when a program finishes running, so you don't have the "black and > appears for a millisecond" syndrome. > > Windows will create one of these if you run console things from the GUI, > but it also destroys them as soon as the program ends. > > -- > > DaveA > > I did mention very early on in my query that I had restricted access to the Dos CMD prompt, hence why I asked if anyone knew how to create a self contained prompt within the Python program. I was under the impression that the .bat file Walter described would fill that gap. Thanks for your comments too, but your solution unfortunately is not one I can use as I cannot do all the usual methods to run the Dos prompt, .bat files are not a problem, I have used several in the past. My issue is that I cannot give commands directly to the Dos prompt and in turn not "operate" the python program as I can on my Ubuntu machine. Thanks Guys, Dave
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