From: Ryan Allan <rrallan@...>
Date: 2008-05-30T06:58:46+09:00
Subject: Re: ShellExecute and Win32OLE callback

Thanks Siep;

This does almost exactly what I want:
> This is what I use in such cases (winXP) :
> 
> system('start /w notepad')
> # waits until notepad exits
> system('start calc')
> # does not wait
> puts "calc should be running, bye."

However, it does have the problem for which I originally used 
ShellExecute;
I can't have the cmd.exe black window popping up with it. How can I keep 
it from showing on screen? (I'm running a background thread to another 
process, and stuff flashing on screen annoys the users.)

Thanks again!
-Ryan


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