Invoking some commands between clicking on an icon & the app starting.

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3 total messages Started by Steve Franks Wed, 16 Aug 1995 00:00

#35

Author: Steve Franks
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 00:00

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Is there some way to get some commands carried out between clicking on
a Windows app icon and the .exe file for that app executing?

Example: Map a Novell drive letter to a particular CD ROM before the
exe file associated with that CD starts.

I've read up about PIF files but they seem only to be for
starting/running non-Windows apps from Windows.


       Steve Franks <sfranks@adam.com.au>

Re: Invoking some commands between clicking on an icon & the app starting.

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Author: Morrie Wilson
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00

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Sfranks@adam.com.au (Steve Franks) wrote:
>
> Is there some way to get some commands carried out between clicking on
> a Windows app icon and the .exe file for that app executing?
> 
> Example: Map a Novell drive letter to a particular CD ROM before the
> exe file associated with that CD starts.
> 

Yes.  There is a Windows Batch language, Winbatch that does this very well.

You can read all about it at our Web site

http://www.windowware.com/wilson/pages/

ftp:  www.windowware.com/wwwftp/wilson   WB51A16I.ZIP and DLL10K.ZIP

Re: Invoking some commands between clicking on an icon & the app starting.

#34

Author: Herb Axilrod
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00

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Sfranks@adam.com.au (Steve Franks) wrote:

>Is there some way to get some commands carried out between clicking on
>a Windows app icon and the .exe file for that app executing?

>Example: Map a Novell drive letter to a particular CD ROM before the
>exe file associated with that CD starts.

>I've read up about PIF files but they seem only to be for
>starting/running non-Windows apps from Windows.

>       Steve Franks <sfranks@adam.com.au>

For carrying out commands in general, there are several Windows batch
languages, e.g. WilsonWare.

If you are specifically interested in mapping drives,  Birch Grove
Software has a product called LinkLaunch that is for this purpose.  It
does some things that are difficult or impossible to do with a batch
language.

Demos are available upon request.

Herb Axilrod
Birch Grove Software

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