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RE: J.Nickerson: DosBox: path bug??

• Posted by Grape Vine <g__vine at hotmail.com> Jun 12, 2001
• 397 views

Ah, i see. My mistake =)

jjnick at cvn.com wrote:
> Well, in other words, pCurrentDir is where you decide to launch your DOS
> program, not where you initially run your program from . . .
> 
> For example, in my application, I use a variable to keep track of where 
> the
> application was run from so that it knows where my DOS program is, using
> Euphoria's current_dir().  If I don't do this, then a user opening or 
> saving
> a file changes the "current working directory".
> 
> Here is the documentation from the API CreateProcess():
> 
> lpCurrentDirectory
> 
> Points to a null-terminated string that specifies the current drive and
> directory for the child process. The string must be a full path and 
> filename
> that includes a drive letter. If this parameter is NULL, the new process 
> is
> created with the same current drive and directory as the calling 
> process.
> This option is provided primarily for shells that need to start an
> application and specify its initial drive and working directory.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grape Vine" <g__vine at hotmail.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:32 AM
> Subject: RE: J.Nickerson: DosBox: path bug??
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > I assume pCurrentDir = acquire_mem(memset3, "C:\\" )
> > is the current dir?
> > Mine is
> > pCurrentDir = acquire_mem(memset3, "C:\\tweaks\\blat\\" )
> > but the active dir when pCommand runs is the current dir of dosbox2.exw
> > (c:\euphoria\euapps\euemail\)
> > not a big problem, just caused confusion because the dos box was hidden
> > =) and could not see any errors. Just have to make sure everything is
> > pointed instead of assuming current dir is the current dir
> >
> >
> > 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 . . .
> > >
> > Grape Vine
> > 13728824
> >
> 
> 



Grape Vine
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