1. RE: J.Nickerson: DosBox
When i call blat i dont wat the dos box that goes with it to show up.
or at least ot be able to give the use the option to hide it
jjnick at cvn.com wrote:
> I don't understand the sentence: "I dont want the dos box show now."
>
> Please elaborate . . .
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grape Vine" <g__vine at hotmail.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:30 PM
> Subject: J.Nickerson: DosBox
>
>
> >
> > This works great, just one thing i need. I dont want the dos box show
> > now. Any idea how to do it?
> >
> > Grape Vine
> > 13728824
> >
>
>
Grape Vine
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2. RE: J.Nickerson: DosBox
MAny Many thanx
jjnick at cvn.com wrote:
> Just need to add the following lines after acquiring memory for the
> startup info structure . . .
>
> store(ptStartup, dwFlags, STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW)
> store(ptStartup, wShowWindow, SW_HIDE)
>
> Don't forget to define STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW . . .
>
> Here is the rest of the code:
>
> -- This routine will call a DOS console, suspend euphoria window (code),
> -- then revert back to the window once the DOS console is done.
> --
> -- Of course, euphoria's system() does the same thing, but does not
> -- work in Windows 2000: the euphoria program continues running even
> -- if the DOS console is still running. Calling system_exec() works
> -- under 2000 but the console is not released when finished.
> --
> -- Please Note: the "/c" switch in the call to "command.com" will exit
> -- the DOS console when finished.
> --
> -- Have to use the API CreateProcess() because it is the only function
> -- that works with WaitForSingleObject(), given the context of the
> -- requirement outlined above.
> --
> -- Jason Nickerson
>
> include win32lib.ew
> without warning
>
> global constant TRUE = 1,
> FALSE = 0,
> NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = 32,
> INFINITE = -1,
> STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW = 1
>
>
> global constant
> cb = allot( DWord ),
> lpReserved = allot( Ptr ),
> lpDesktop = allot( Ptr ),
> lpTitle = allot( Ptr ),
> dwX = allot( DWord ),
> dwY = allot( DWord ),
> dwXSize = allot( DWord ),
> dwYSize = allot( DWord ),
> dwXCountChars = allot( DWord ),
> dwYCountChars = allot( DWord ),
> dwFillAttribute = allot( DWord ),
> dwFlags = allot( DWord ),
> wShowWindow = allot( Word ),
> cbReserved2 = allot( Word ),
> lpReserved2 = allot( Ptr ),
> hStdInput = allot( Hndl ),
> hStdOutput = allot( Hndl ),
> hStdError = allot( Hndl ),
> SIZEOF_STARTUPINFO = allotted_size()
>
> global constant
> hProcess = allot( Hndl ),
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Grape Vine
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