How to run a script using Shell in the background?

[Bojsza]

Xavier,

I forgot to mention that my platform is Linux...sorry.

Anyways, what I am trying to do is "spawn" the shell function so the 
user doesn't have to wait for the results to come back. So does anyone 
have experience with the send command in conjunction with the shell 
function?


On Thursday, March 11, 2004, at 09:48 AM, xbury.cs at clearstream.com 
wrote:

> set the hideconsolewindows to true
> ---------------------=---------------------
> Xavier Bury
> Clearstream Services
> TNS NT LAN Server
> ext 36465
> Voice: +352 4656 43 6465
> Fax: +352 4656 493 6465
>
>
>
>
> Bojsza <gbojsza at mac.com>
> Sent by: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> 11.03.2004 15:33
> Please respond to How to use Revolution
>
>
>         To:     use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>         cc:
>         Subject:        How to run a script using Shell in the 
> background?
>
> .
>
>
> I have an application where one of the button's contains a script using
> the Shell function.
>
> The Shell function runs a command line argument against a user selected
> file.
>
> If the user has selected a large file it takes a couple of hours for
> the Shell function to complete (this is normal time frame if the
> equivalent command line was done outside of Revolution).
>
> The button with the command is pretty basic
>
> on mouseUp
> ...
> ...
> put Shell ("cmd and selected file") into fld outPut
> end mouseUp
>
> In this form the user cannot do anything else with the Revolution
> application (waiting for the script to complete).
>
> Surely there is a way to have the Shell run in the background therefore
> allowing the user to do other things in the application?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glen
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>
>
>
>
> Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com
>
> IMPORTANT MESSAGE
>
> Internet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream 
> International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of 
> this message.
>
> The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be 
> legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you 
> are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution 
> or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is 
> prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed in this e-mail are 
> those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically 
> states them to be the views of Clearstream International or of any of 
> its affiliates or subsidiaries.
>
> END OF DISCLAIMER
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>