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Hidden window or accept loop without a window

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Dan Gorrel #1 / 6	Hidden window or accept loop without a window Hi Everyone, I have a program which runs on a simple window and does a couple of really simple things. No file acces or anything tricky. I would like to convert this into a command-line program, or one that appears to be command-line, which could be embedded into a login script (no visible windows). The trick is that my program uses a class that needs to be able to post events back to the program, hence it needs some sort of event loop. Anyone know how to implement this without a window? If not, how could I make it so the window is never actually displayed? Best, Dan Gorrell
Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:01:58 GMT

Paul Attryd #2 / 6	Hidden window or accept loop without a window Dan Gorrell spoke thusly on 5/20/2003 16:01: Quote: > Hi Everyone, > I have a program which runs on a simple window and does a couple of really > simple things. No file acces or anything tricky. I would like to convert > this into a command-line program, or one that appears to be command-line, > which could be embedded into a login script (no visible windows). The trick > is that my program uses a class that needs to be able to post events back to > the program, hence it needs some sort of event loop. Anyone know how to > implement this without a window? If not, how could I make it so the window > is never actually displayed? > Best, > Dan Gorrell Set Prop:Hide to True after opening the window but before the Accept statement IE Open(MyWindow) MyWindow{Prop:Hide} = True Accept HTH, -- Paul Attryde www.attryde.com/clarion
Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:13:43 GMT

Tony #3 / 6	Hidden window or accept loop without a window The best way I have found to use comand line parameters is to load a variable string first. Loc:Command = COMMAND() Once in the string you can use INSTRING to locate your parameters. Most command line parameters i've seen are delimited with /param1 /param2 or -param1 -param2. It's completely up to you of course. Hiding the window is easy. After the window is open Window{PROP:Hide} = True -- Regards, Tony M
Sun, 06 Nov 2005 10:53:29 GMT

Arnor Baldvinss #4 / 6	Hidden window or accept loop without a window Hi Dan, On Tue, 20 May 2003 17:01:58 -0600, "Dan Gorrell" Quote: >implement this without a window? If not, how could I make it so the window >is never actually displayed? I've done this in a class method where I needed a timer, something like this: W Window, At(0,0,0,0),Timer(1) End Code Open(W) W{Prop:Hide} = True Accept If Event() = EVENT:Timer ! Do your stuff End End Close(W) Best regards, Arnr Baldvinsson Icetips Software San Antonio, Texas, USA www.icetips.com Subscribe to information from Icetips.com: http://www.icetips.com/getnotificationinfo.htm
Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:00:27 GMT

Jim Gambo #5 / 6	Hidden window or accept loop without a window Hi Dan, Quote: > I would like to convert > this into a command-line program, or one that appears to be command-line, > which could be embedded into a login script (no visible windows). The trick > is that my program uses a class that needs to be able to post events back to > the program, hence it needs some sort of event loop. You are talking about the difference between a CUI and a GUI. Check out the .EXP file that your program uses. The first line reads something like this: NAME 'SOMENAME' GUI If you changed that GUI to a CUI and recompiled you would get a program that did not throw away it's default Console. e.g. a command-line program. Since it is running under Win32 you should be able to open a hidden window AND write to that console, but it may require some hand-coded API calls to write to the console. If you have a subscription to Clarion Magazine you can find several articles on all this including an old Clarion On-Line article from Paul Attryde (who posted a response to you earlier) where he describes using WriteConsole. Also, you can experiment with using a Clarion DOS file driver and opening the "CON:" device for write access to the default console. DOS devices are available in Win32 (see the API call QueryDOSDevice). There are even ones for USB devices. Good luck with it. If you have problems post it here and I may be able to help. Regards, Jim Gambon
Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:08:00 GMT

Dan Gorrel #6 / 6	Hidden window or accept loop without a window It's pretty simple isn't it! :) Thanks Paul! Works perfectly. - Dan Quote: > Dan Gorrell spoke thusly on 5/20/2003 16:01: > > Hi Everyone, > > I have a program which runs on a simple window and does a couple of really > > simple things. No file acces or anything tricky. I would like to convert > > this into a command-line program, or one that appears to be command-line, > > which could be embedded into a login script (no visible windows). The trick > > is that my program uses a class that needs to be able to post events back to > > the program, hence it needs some sort of event loop. Anyone know how to > > implement this without a window? If not, how could I make it so the window > > is never actually displayed? > > Best, > > Dan Gorrell > Set Prop:Hide to True after opening the window but before the Accept > statement IE > Open(MyWindow) > MyWindow{Prop:Hide} = True > Accept > HTH, > -- > Paul Attryde > www.attryde.com/clarion
Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:34:28 GMT

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