Re: Batch File Problem

"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Tony P." <noone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Osr25e6GIHA.4592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The batch file works ok but it leaves a blank command (DOS)window on
the screen. The only thing in the command window is a flashing cursor. I
would like close this window using the batch file after the file executes.

You cannot . . .
1. Opening and closing windows is a Windows function.
2. BATch files execute DOS functions in a DOS window.
3. Windows functions cannot be executed in a DOS
environment.

But there's no DOS in WinXP. A command console is a 32-bit
environment, and apps that run in this environment can do anything
that a GUI Windows app can do. They can start other apps, they can
show windows themself, they can send messages to GUI applications.

BTW, The "DOS Box" in Win9x was also a 32-bit environment. Command
line apps there could do these things too.

Both environments have the ability to run 16-bit code also.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
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