MS-DOS Prompt

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2 total messages Started by CapStick Wed, 07 May 2003 22:06

#16580

Author: CapStick
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 22:06

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I am using WIN32 API
Free Borland Compiler.

I would like to send calls to compile link etc to
an MS-DOS box direct from a window app.

I would also like to retrieve Error Info as would normally be shown in a
MS-DOS BOX

Assumming that  these calls would indeed have to be aimed at an MS-DOS
PROMPT .

Is ShellExecute(
where i should be looking.

Could someone please point me in the right direction on this one.






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Re: MS-DOS Prompt

#16582

Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 22:28

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"CapStick" <lol@ljones81.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3eb982de@newsgroups.borland.com...

> Assumming that  these calls would indeed have
> to be aimed at an MS-DOS PROMPT .
>
> Is ShellExecute where i should be looking.

Use CreateProcess() instead.  It will allow you to provide your own handles
for STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR of the spawned process.  That way, your
application can directly send/receive text to/from the DOS app itself.  No
actual DOS window is needed.  Look at CreatePipe(), Read/WriteFile() and
GetStdHandle() for working with the handles.


Gambit

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