Run Application In Dos, But Want It Minimized?

[quest]

Hi,

I have been trying all morning to get a DOS speech program to output text BUT without showing the DOS window?

This is the line I have at moment:

RunWait ('"C:\Program Files\Dsay\DSAY.EXE" HELLO WORLD')

HELLO WORLD is the text to output

Any parameters that I type after HELLO WORLD is actually pronounced, please where am i going wrong?

Regards,

Gary

[Andre]

Hi,

See HelpFile

RunWait ( "filename" [, "workingdir" [, flag]] )

Parameters

filename The name of the executable (EXE, BAT, COM, PIF) to run.

workingdir [optional] The working directory.

flag [optional] The "show" flag of the executed program:

@SW_HIDE = Hidden window

@SW_MINIMIZE = Minimized window

@SW_MAXIMIZE = Maximized window

Return Value

Success: Returns the exit code of the program that was run.

Failure: Depends on RunErrorsFatal; see Remarks.

so in your case : RunWait("C:\Program Files\Dsay\DSAY.EXE HELLO WORLD","",@SW_HIDE)

Regards,

Andre

[quest]

Hi Andre,

Thats got it working........... that was the command I was trying to get working, i tried all combinations!

It was the " " bit I missed AND removal of ' ' surrounding the line.

The hours I spent on that, I tried to do it without help

Post on here and solved in minutes!!!!

Thanks

Regards,

Gary

Edited August 17, 2004 by quest