RUNQQ minimized?

[ferrad01]

I have an appllication which launches quickwin executables using RUNQQ. Trouble is that when the quickwin exe is launched is takes the focus from the window I am working on, so I can't run this app in the background. Is there any way to lauch the quickwin exe's minimized or such that they don't take focus?

[jimdempseyatthecove]

Use start:

C:\YourFolder>start /? to get options

Try:

start /min YourProgram

Jim Dempsey

[ferrad01]

I'm running from a program, so I tried:

RUNQQ('start /min /wait '//PGNAM(1:J1)//' '//CMDLIN(1:J2),' ')

Works only intermittently though for some reason.

[jimdempseyatthecove]

Quoting ferrad01

I'm running from a program, so I tried:

RUNQQ('start /min /wait '//PGNAM(1:J1)//' '//CMDLIN(1:J2),' ')

Works only intermittently though for some reason.

Try

RUNQQ('start', '/min /wait '//PGNAM(1:J1)//' '//CMDLIN(1:J2))

IOW

filename = 'start'
command line (arguments) = '/min /wait PGNAM(1:J1) CMDLIN(1:J2)'

Jim

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I would recommend using ShellExecute or CreateProcess (the latter if you need to wait for it to finish). These are Windows API routines and samples are provided in the old Visual Fortran Newsletter articles.

[ferrad01]

Thanks Jim and Steve,
I'll look at both options.