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Re: [WIN] "system" command flashes dos boxes

• Posted by "CK's Yahoo Mail" <cklester at YAHOO.COM> Nov 17, 2000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan B Moyer" <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:10 AM
Subject: [WIN] "system" command flashes dos boxes


> When I use the "system" command in a Windows program to do some file
copy's
> and delete's, it causes dos boxes to flash on & off the screen, which I'd
> rather not have happen; is there any way to do this without the dos boxes
> flashing on & off?  They do go away on their own, but I'd rather not have
> them flashing distractingly in the windows program.
>
> example:
>        system("copy ide_code.ew org_code.ew",2)
>  <snip logic>
>       system("del ide_code.ew",2 )
>       system("copy alt_code.ew ide_code.ew",2 )
>       system("exw.exe ide.exw", 2)
>
> I'm making a Euphoria program to replace the batch files I included to use
> to switch between my "auto-paste routines" variation on Judith/David's IDE
> and her original.
>
> Dan Moyer


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