Launched application invisible

[Ralf Bitter]

Jacqueline,

thanks for your answer. No, leaving the quotes off makes
no difference, the application is launched, it is visible in the
task manager but it is not visible on screen.
I tried hard to figure out what is the reason for this behavior, but
I didn't find any answer yet.

Ralf

On 07.04.2008, at 06:04, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Ralf Bitter wrote:
>> Does anyone know under what circumstances  the launch command
>> launches an application in an invisible state?
>> Is there a Windows shell command to make the launched application  
>> visible again?
>> I have a windows standalone (runs on XP) with a launch command like:
>> put "C:/folder/folder/folder/folder/myApplication.exe" into tAppPath
>> do "launch" && quote & tAppPath & quote
>> This launches the application, but it is not visible. I can see the  
>> entry in the task manager.
>> There is no problem with the Mac standalone.
>> Did a quick test with another standalone, which does nothing but  
>> launch the said application.
>> It uses the same handler and it works as expected.
>> So, this must have to do with something specific to my standalone.
>> This is in version 2.8.1. Any idea, anyone?
>
> Does it work if you leave off the quotes? For example:
>
>  launch tAppPath
>
> The variable is automatically treated as though it is quoted, so you  
> don't need the extra ones. I don't really think that's the problem  
> but it is easy to try.
>
> I'm interested in knowing if you figure this out. Someone wrote to  
> tech support and said the launch command wasn't working, but after  
> seeing your post I wonder if it is launching invisibly instead. He  
> is running XP like you are.
>
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