1. Re: bad problem - for Rob.
From: "Irv Mullins" <irvm at ellijay.com>
> We learned that calling system_exec from a Win32Lib program causes
> something that deals with the modem to get corrupted.
> Using the same call from DOS, even if it calls a Win32Lib program,
> doesn't.
>
> Now, what good that info does us is questionable, since we (or I, at any
> rate) have no clue about what happens internally between Windows and
> Euphoria.
>
> Maybe someone does.
I don't think that there's anything win32lib is doing to mess things up, but
rather than system_exec, you could try win32lib's shellExecute/Ex. I don't
know how Rob implements system_exec, but shellExecute calls the Win32 API
routine designed expressly for starting new processes in windows.
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Matt Lewis
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