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Executing a program without a window

nijhuis
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‎12-02-2003 02:08 PM
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I have a Fortran Windows Application in which I have to start another Fortran program in a loop. I do this withthe call "stat =SYSTEM("program2.exe"), but any time program2 is executed a console window appears. I do not need this window because program2 only reads a file, performs something and writes to another file. In my case program2 was built as a console application.
How can I get rid of the console windows? What project type is needed for program2 to have no windows on the screen?
I already tried to make a subroutine of progam2, but that did not work correct, because in a loop the initial status of the variables is not reset. So I really need to run it as a program executable.
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Steven_L_Intel1
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‎12-02-2003 02:46 PM
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Don't use SYSTEM - it creates the console window. Use CreateProcess instead. Example at http://h18009.www1.hp.com/fortran/visual/vfn09/page3.html#win32
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