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From: stever@Octopus.COM (Steve Resnick )
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: DOS batch files
Keywords: batch DOS
Message-ID: <1990Jun13.214950.16576@Octopus.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 90 21:49:50 GMT
References: <2602@zipeecs.umich.edu>
Reply-To: stever@octopus.UUCP (Steve Resnick )
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA
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In article <2602@zipeecs.umich.edu> shim@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Sam Shim) writes:
>
>   Is there a way to execute DOS batch files and then get a DOS prompt in
>a Windows 3.0 window?  If I set my PIF file to execute a batch file, when
>the batch file is done, my windows closes or becomes inactive (depending
>on how I set it).  What I want it to do is to execute a batch file and then
>give me the DOS prompt.  Thanks.
>

Why not in the PIF file leave the check box for "Close window on exit" to
off? I think this will work, if not, try using CALL <batchname> as your
program name?

Hope these things help....

Steve


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