>>I've got a really simple app that I need to be able to call from a batch file. I need the application to be "modal". That is, I need it to finish it's processing before returning control to the batch file. Any ideas on how to do this? This application has no UI.
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>>Thanks,
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>Assuming that you are running under Win9x/NT:
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>Start /w
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>Will start the application and wait until it is done before returning control to the batch file.
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>OR
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>You might want to investigate using AllocConsole () a Windows API, which is what console programs like deltree.exe call so that they don't behave like that. Within your app, AllocConsole () must be called quickly (before the "app-starting mouse cursor" goes away), otherwise it's going to behave like a GUI program anyway. (Hmm, _how_ long does it take your Foxpro App to initialize?)
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>Rick (with input from my co-worker Jason)
Hmm..OK, that gives me some ideas. I think I might just use a simple file-based semaphore lock type of thing. It looks like that might be the simplest way to make sure this works all the time.
Thanks,
