>>I am using the API_APPRUN class in my program, and am having a problem with it. On 2000 machines, it works without a hitch. On every single 98 machine we've tested it on, it hangs when I run this code:
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>>ThisForm.RunApp.icCommandLine="PKZ -3 -- -+ -) -O MOD.ZIP _MDCPT.DBF"
>>ThisForm.RunApp.LaunchAppAndWait()
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>>I've got around 20 pieces of code like this (each one unzipping a specific file from mod.zip), and on every "ThisForm.RunApp.LaunchAppAndWait()", it hangs until I hit Escape (that's programmed into the VCX).
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>>Has anyone else had this problem with API_APPRUN and 98 machines? Am I missing something? I tried to contact the author, but to no avail.
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>>This is the code that is in LaunchAppAndWait():
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>>***code deleted intentionally***
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>>It's hanging inside that DO WHILE loop. Any API Guru's out there know why this happens? Thanks!
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>Does the desired command work when run manually from a DOS box under W98? The
>reason why I ask is that the NT/W2K CMD.EXE command processor interprets some
>PKZIP parameters differently from W9x.

Yes, it works fine. (all of them do)