1. SYSTEM command

Hello All,

When using the SYSTEM or SYSTEM_EXEC built-in functions with Win32, is there any
way to force the DOS window to be minimized?  I am writing an application which
uses a sequence of DOS commands via the SYSTEM function, and the multitude of
windows that open and close are very distracting.

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Brett Pantalone, ERICSSON INC.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina USA
MailTo:Brett.Pantalone at Ericsson.com

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2. Re: SYSTEM command

Brett Pantalone you wrote:
>>When using the SYSTEM or SYSTEM_EXEC built-in functions with Win32, is
>>there any way to force the DOS window to be minimized? I am writing an
>>application which uses a sequence of DOS commands via the SYSTEM
>>function, and the multitude of windows that open and close are very
>>distracting.

  One question, what specific commands are you using with SYSTEM ?

 Thanks Bernie

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3. Re: SYSTEM command

I am writing a front-end program for merging source code in a version
control system.  For example, I will do something like this:

system("cleartool lstype -kind brtype -short > BRANCHES.TMP", 0)

which causes the VCS to dump a list of code branches to a file.  My EU
program reads the file, sorts it, eliminates unwanted branches, etc..  The
VCS has a nice GUI, but to process lists like this you need to use its
command line interface.  In other words, I'm not just trying to do a simple
DIR, which is already built-in.

-- Brett

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernie Ryan [SMTP:bwryan at PCOM.NET]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 2:56 PM
> To:   EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Re: SYSTEM command
>
> Brett Pantalone you wrote:
> >>When using the SYSTEM or SYSTEM_EXEC built-in functions with Win32, is
> >>there any way to force the DOS window to be minimized? I am writing an
> >>application which uses a sequence of DOS commands via the SYSTEM
> >>function, and the multitude of windows that open and close are very
> >>distracting.
>
>   One question, what specific commands are you using with SYSTEM ?
>
>  Thanks Bernie

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