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- From: jjacob@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jude Jacob)
- Subject: Re: Clarification on WinExec question
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.032507.9735@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- References: <ceQ4CaO00WB4Ika0Ue@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 03:25:07 GMT
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- In article ak10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew Joseph Kompanek) writes:
- >
- >Here's a restatement of my problem: I need to run a DOS program from
- >a Windows application in the background so that it doesn't take over the
- >screen and it runs without any user interaction. Specifically, I merely
- >want to run Paradox 3.5 on a PAL script so that it can generate a report
- >for me (very simple).
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- Andrew,
-
- I haven't seen the other postings.. But here is one way it might work..
- Create a PIF file for the application, with the BackGround Execution
- option set. Then WinExec() this PIF file using the SW_HIDE flag on
- the WinExec().
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- If this works at all, :-), it should work only in 386 enhanced.
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- Let me know if this does not work
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- Jude
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