Windows Dos window doesn't work?

[Dar Scott]

On Dec 15, 2004, at 3:18 PM, Glen Bojsza wrote:

> on mouseup
> open process "cmd" for read         # it opens a cmd window but fails
> to return a prompt
> end mouseup

This style might work as a workaround:

on mouseUp
   set hideConsoleWindows to true
   put "b" & lf & "c" & lf & "a" into URL "binfile:c/temp"
   put shell("sort < c:\temp")
end mouseUp

==>
a
b
c

I tried sort using open process for read.  I tried typing blind but ran 
into problems.  It seems sort spits something out and quits when the 
input is closed.  An error occurs (not just result set) on a subsequent 
read.  I guess Rev closes its read pipe (the process's stdout) just 
because the process quit, even though there might be data in it.  The 
problem may not apply to your app.

Some applications do not use stdin and stdout but use some api to 
manipulate the console window, so those may be a problem.

Dar

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