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- From: ak10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew Joseph Kompanek)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: "Exec"ing DOS programs from Windows
- Message-ID: <MePil9_00WB4QR=2QO@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 09:28:41 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.MePil9_00WB4QR=2QO
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Request for information....
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- I need to be able to run a DOS program from my Windows program,
- without the DOS program taking over the screen. In Borland C++ neither
- "system" nor any of the standard Unix "exec" functions are defined under
- Windows and I can't find any other functions documented in the standard
- lib docs or ObjectWindows documentation.
- What's the best way to run a program, at the very least duplicating
- the functionality of the "Run" menu option under the Program Manager?
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- Ideally I'd like to have the DOS program running in the
- background completely invisible to the user. (am I asking too much?)
- Any advice would be very appreciated...
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- Thanks,
- Drew
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- Andrew Kompanek
- Dept. of Human Genetics
- University of Pittsburgh
- e-mail: drew@chimera.hgen.pitt.edu
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