running dos program from delphi

[garwain]

How could I make a dos program run from my delphi program in such a way that there will be no dos consol window appearing, or else the consol will appear as part of the delphi program?

Basically what I'm trying to do is create a program that will start dos programs and be able to minimize everything to 1 icon on the system tray instead of several consols in the task bar.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[BobbaFet]

Hi garwain,

Look the properties for TOleContainer up in the help,
there is a function/procedure that can run stuff invisibly
by setting a parameter to 0, 1 or 2 (sorry but it has been a
long time since I used one).

I hope this helps, BobbaFet

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[sggaunt]

Or call it with 'Shellexecute' and pass the SW_HIDE constant
This will create Icons on the taskbar though.

Steve