Re: Calling a DOS program from within Forms Funtime

From: Frank van Bortel <f.van.bortel_at_vnl.nl>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 11:02:56 -0800
Message-ID: <382086E0.6CEB4A66@vnl.nl>

Amir wrote:

> Hi
> I am trying to run a DOS program that MUST be run from my local drive , I.E
> "C:\".
> This program gets an ASCII file, that was created by the run time.
> The problems are :
> How can I get the DOS program to run, without using the "Host();" function,
> It doesn't work. That's to say:
>
> If I am running the DOS program by itself, it runs well.
> But when I run it by "Host()" it doesn't seem to be able to read the file
> that was created and copied to her folder. Even though it CAN read the file
> and run well, while running alone, not form within the forms.
>
> How can I get this program to act like it would under the "Host();"
> function, I.E:
> cover over the forms runtime, and after finishing, showing the runtime
> again.
>
> Thanks.

Are there any environment settings this program uses? host will create a "new" dos session, and general environment settings will not be set for that new session.
If you have, call a batch where you explicitely set you environment

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Frank van Bortel
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