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From: leif@ambone.UUCP (Leif Andrew Rump)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Environment space when running a DOS task
Keywords: MS-Windows, windows, MicroSoft, DOS
Message-ID: <453@ambone.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 89 11:00:18 GMT
Organization: AmbraSoft A/S (Denmark)
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I want to run non-window-programs like MicroSoft CL, WordPerfect and
others from MicroSoft Windows. My problems is that I use .BAT-files to
create the necessary environment-variables that that program need,
call the program and remove the environment variables when the
programs is finished to avoid loads of environment-variables in my
AUTOEXEC-file and a PATH that has a width of seven screens! f.x.

      @echo off
      set winpath=%path%
      set path=D:\applic\windows;%winpath%
      set ...=...
      win %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
      set ...=
      set path=%winpath%
      set winpath=

But I get a "Out of environment space" every time I try - even if I
create a dummy environment-variable that is 70 characters long before
I call Windows and destroy it (and thereby creating space - I thought
- for other environment-variables) when my
non-windows-programs-BAT-file take over _BEFORE_ creating it's own
environment-variables. 

HELP!

 Leif Andrew Rump, AmbraSoft A/S, Roejelskaer 15, DK-2840 Holte (Denmark)
 UUCP: leif@ambra.dk, phone: +45 2424 111, touch phone: +45 422 817 + 313

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