SHELL %SW_HIDE DOS box not hidden in Win 2000

[John Cole]

Hello,

I use PB/DLL 6.0

Dscpbat.exe and Qw3455.exe are DOS programs I run.

The following code works perfect under Win 95/98/Me,
meaning the DOS box is 'hidden' during the execution
of the DOS programs due to the 0 = %SW_HIDE.

b$ = "dscpbat i a: c: Qw3455"
SHELL( b$, 0 ) ' use 0 = %SW_HIDE

But under Win 2000 the DOS box is NOT 'hidden' during
the execution of the DOS programs -- it opens up to a
full screen DOS box, and then closes upon completion
of the execution of the DOS programs.

Why is the behavior different under Win 2000 ???

How can I get it to NOT open up to a full screen
DOS box as it properly does under Win 95/98/Me ???

Thank you for any help.


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[Lance Edmonds]

In my tests, if the Properties of the DOS app is set to full-screen, then the %SW_HIDE mode is over-ridden. If I set the properties to "maximized" or "normal window" then the dos app was hidden as expected.

If you do not have a PIF for the DOS app, then you may have to adjust the properties of the "_DEFAULT.PIF" file instead.



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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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