Kbase 15745: OS-COMMAND NO-WAIT can work to run MS Windows applications
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
5/10/1998 |
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OS-COMMAND NO-WAIT can work to run MS Windows applications
OS-COMMAND NO-WAIT "C:\MSOFFICE\msoffice.exe" will run msoffice
correctly. Putting the NO-WAIT at the end will not work.
So, for example, this will not work:
OS-COMMAND "C:\MSOFFICE\msoffice.exe" NO-WAIT.
This is true for all windows applications under windows 95. For Win
3.11, it will work if you have WxServ installed. With a clean Win
3.11 install, you cannot start Windows apps from a DOS prompt.
What OS-COMMAND does is the following:
1. Runs RUNDOSMW.EXE, which places a temporary file (to act as a
semaphore) in the %TEMP% directory.
2. Starts off a command prompt (COMMAND.COM)
3. Returns to Progress.
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 15745