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

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Nov 17, 2000
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Derek,

Thanks!  I was trying to maintain compatibility with earlier versions of
Win32Lib (.50), rather than use the bleeding edge :)  , but maybe I will
just "lift" those sections out from 54, & include them (alt named) in my
prog, if no one has had any problems with them?

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parnell" <dparnell at BIGPOND.NET.AU>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [WIN] "system" command flashes dos boxes


> Dan,
> these functions are built in to win32Lib now. Look up copyFile(),
> deleteFile(), moveFile() etc... functions.
>
>        copyFile("ide_code.ew","org_code.ew")
>   <snip logic>
>        deleteFile("ide_code.ew")
>        copyFile("alt_code.ew","ide_code.ew")
>
>        shellExecuteEx("open","exw.exe","ide.exw", 0, 0, 0)
>
>
> ------
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> (Vote [1] The Cheshire Cat for Internet Mascot)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CK's Yahoo Mail" <cklester at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 4:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [WIN] "system" command flashes dos boxes
>
>
> > search the archives for Win32 native file manipulation routines...
> >
> > ----- 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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