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Article #3Re: How to start a DOS program, with parameters under W95 ???
From: Tony Green
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:00
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You can put a '?' after the program name e.g. c:\windows\command\edit.exe ? This will cause windows to ask for a string - you can give a filename here. Let me know if it works -- Tony Green Anasazi UK tgreen@anasazi.com If wining is not important - whats the point in keeping score? Peter Frank wrote in article <5rl0fs$36lg$1@news.inet.tele.dk>... > How do you start a DOS program, with parameters when running f.ex. explorer >under Win95 ??? > >You can use the MS-DOS prompt of course, but there must be another way to do >it ? > >F.ex if I would start an MS-dos application like this: "EDIT >AUTOEXEC.BAT" - is it possible to do it under Win95 somehow ??? > >I can go to the edit.com in the explorer, and change the properties so it >will add the parameter "autoexec.bat" - but that is not a very "clean" >solution ! > >Lots of DOS programs uses parameters (text/numbers), especially when >converting formats, so it would be nice to be able to add these parameters >easily under Win95. > > >Anyone who knows ? > > >Kindly SurfPete. > > > begin 666 Tony Green.vcf M0D5'24XZ5D-!4D0-"DXZ1W)E96X[5&]N>0T*1DXZ5&]N>2!'<F5E;@T*3U)' M.D%N87-A>FD@54L-"D%$4CM(3TU%.CL[,C4@1F5R;FAU<G-T($1R:79E.TMI M;F=S=VEN9F]R9#M797-T($UI9&QA;F1S.T19-2 T4%4[54L-"DQ!0D5,.TA/ M344[14Y#3T1)3D<]455/5$5$+5!224Y404),13HR-2!&97)N:'5R<W0@1')I M=F4],$0],$%+:6YG<W=I;F9O<F0L(%=E<W0@36ED;&%N9',@1%DU(#1053TP M1#TP055+#0I54DPZ:'1T<#HO+W=W=RYA;F%S87II+F-O;0T*14U!24P[4%)% M1CM)3E1%4DY%5#IT9W)E96Y 86YA<V%Z:2YC;VT-"D5-04E,.TE.5$523D54 G.G1O;GDN9W)E96Y 9&EA;"YP:7!E>"YC;VT-"D5.1#I60T%21 T* ` end end
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c888,d63b66953ac1f0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c888,public X-Google-Thread: 10e5f0,d63b66953ac1f0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e5f0,public X-Google-Thread: 1438a5,d63b66953ac1f0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1438a5,public X-Google-Thread: f8083,d63b66953ac1f0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8083,public X-Google-Thread: 104cb0,d63b66953ac1f0 X-Google-Attributes: gid104cb0,public From: "Tony Green" <tgreen@anasazi.com> Subject: Re: How to start a DOS program, with parameters under W95 ??? Date: 1997/07/31 Message-ID: <5rpm4d$4td@freepress.anasazi.com> X-Deja-AN: 260894181 References: <5rl0fs$36lg$1@news.inet.tele.dk> X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Organization: Anasazi Inc. Newsgroups: comp.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,demon.ip.support.win95