Disable MS-DOS WINDOWS

[Mistral2]

How can i avoid to show the MS-DOS WINDOWS when i use this commande i a prg:

! /N XCOPY J:\DBF\*.* C:\SAVE\ /D/Y

Thanks.

 

[ramani]

Hi

lcCmd = GETENV("ComSpec") + [ /C ]
lcCmd = lcCmd + [XCOPY J:\DBF\*.* C:\SAVE\ /D/Y]

loShell = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.shell")
= loShell.Run(lcCmd,0,.t.)

=MESSAGEBOX("Completed")

You can also use ShellExecute to do similar thing.



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[rgbean]

I can think of three ways:
1) Alter the Foxrun.PIF to open minimized and close when done.
2) Use the SHELLEXEC API to start up this program.
3) Go to the UT at

http://www.universalthread.com/VisualFoxPro/,

click the Downloads picture, then enter "api_apprun" (without the quotes) in the Title box and press enter. You should get back a link to:

API_APPRUN in .VCX form February 22, 2003
This contains PROCESS.VCX - a visual class library for the API_APPRUN class described in the FAQ. The class gives the ability to run DOS and WinApps from inside VFP using the CreateProcess() API call, and allows you to wait on termination or return immediately, and allows you to examine the execution status and termination code from an executable run by the class.
It takes care of managing the process and thread handles, removing some potential memory bleeds from not properly disposing of proce...

Rick