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Hide DOS Window When Runnig DOS Commands

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Hide DOS Window When Runnig DOS Commands

by  craigsboyd  Posted    (Edited  )
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You may have noticed that when you run DOS commands like NETSTAT in VFP the DOS window will come up for a few moments and then go away. The trick to running DOS commands invisibly is to run the command through a PIF file. Cut-N-Paste the code below into a prg file and run it from within VFP. (PLEASE NOTE: a file
C:\MyPorts.txt will be created on your computer with the output from NETSTAT)

Code: 
?winexecrun("NETSTAT -a -n > C:\MyPorts.txt") && DOS Window Hidden

FUNCTION winexecrun
PARAMETER cCommand

DECLARE INTEGER WinExec IN win32api ;
   STRING command, INTEGER param

retval = WinExec(SYS(2004) + "FOXRUN.PIF /C " + cCommand, 0)

CLEAR DLLS WinExec

RETURN retval
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