RUN mimized and wait

[JanyMoon]

I try to use RUN from VFP7 and make it
minized and with wait parameter.
eg.

RUN test.bat works ok but in window

RUN /N test.bat work ok but no wait

 

[JanyMoon]

For now i found this solution

in Test.Bat:
-----------------------------------------

@echo off
cls
echo Test > Test.Txt
rem do some stuff, eg. pack data with zip program
....
Del Test.Txt


in VFP7:
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Run /N7 Test.Bat
inkey(2) && wait 2 second just in case
if file( "Test.Txt" ) && wait to end of bat file
inkey(2)
endif
note eg. send zip data to ftp server

 

[JanyMoon]

mistake in VFP7, this is better:

do while file( "Test.Txt" ) && wait to end of bat file
inkey(2)
enddo

 

[Olaf Doschke]

You can define th window state in foxrun.pif, located in Home(). /N is for starting without waiting for dos to return, so don't use that parameter and foxpro does wait.
The help might be misleading in that it says you _should_ pass this if starting another windows application. Even in that case you only need it if you want that application to launch and not stop your application. N is simply for NOWAIT.

Bye, Olaf.