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Positioning a DOS Window
Greetings !
I currently have this- -------------------------------------------- Open "C:\Runner.bat" For Output As #1 Print #1, "@ECHO off" Print #1, "Echo Please wait -" Print #1, "Echo This may take some time ...." Print #1, " [ other DOS commands ] ." Close Shell "C:\Runner.bat", vbNormalFocus MsgBox "Please wait " & vbCrLf & _ "until the DOS window closes." Kill "C:\Runner.bat" ---------------------------------------------- The reason for the MsgBox is to prevent VBA from KILLing the batch file until it has completed running. I would like the DOS window to cover the MsgBox. How can I specify whereabouts on the screen the DOS window will appear? RClay AT haswell DOT com |
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Positioning a DOS Window
I don't know a way of positioning the DOS window, but you could stop it from
closing: Shell Environ("comspec") & " /k c:\runner.bat", vbNormalFocus /c (instead of /k) will close the window Robin Clay wrote: Greetings ! I currently have this- -------------------------------------------- Open "C:\Runner.bat" For Output As #1 Print #1, "@ECHO off" Print #1, "Echo Please wait -" Print #1, "Echo This may take some time ...." Print #1, " [ other DOS commands ] ." Close Shell "C:\Runner.bat", vbNormalFocus MsgBox "Please wait " & vbCrLf & _ "until the DOS window closes." Kill "C:\Runner.bat" ---------------------------------------------- The reason for the MsgBox is to prevent VBA from KILLing the batch file until it has completed running. I would like the DOS window to cover the MsgBox. How can I specify whereabouts on the screen the DOS window will appear? RClay AT haswell DOT com -- Dave Peterson |
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Thank you for the suggestion - but acksherley.... VBA shells out to run a batch file that takes several minutes to run. Meanwhile, VBA continues, and the next thing it does is to kill the batch file - but that is still running ! So I have inserted a MsgBox - but if the user sees this, she may be temopted to click OK... So I wanted the DOS window to hide the MsgBox until the batch file has finished running. Then the DOS window closes, and the user may then click OK to let VBA continue. So I actually want the DOS window to close on completion. But what I was seeking was a way to ensure that the DOS window covered the MsgBox. Thanks again. -----Original Message----- I don't know a way of positioning the DOS window, but you could stop it from closing: Shell Environ("comspec") & _ " /k c:\runner.bat", vbNormalFocus /c (instead of /k) will close the window Robin Clay wrote: Greetings ! I currently have this- -------------------------------------------- Open "C:\Runner.bat" For Output As #1 Print #1, "@ECHO off" Print #1, "Echo Please wait -" Print #1, "Echo This may take some time ...." Print #1, " [ other DOS commands ] ." Close Shell "C:\Runner.bat", vbNormalFocus MsgBox "Please wait " & vbCrLf & _ "until the DOS window closes." Kill "C:\Runner.bat" ---------------------------------------------- The reason for the MsgBox is to prevent VBA from KILLing the batch file until it has completed running. I would like the DOS window to cover the MsgBox. How can I specify whereabouts on the screen the DOS window will appear? RClay AT haswell DOT com -- Dave Peterson . |
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Thought i had it but no coffee in the system yet.....
Hmm... although this might work... What if you made a user form that uses the onload event to run the do window? that way you can bring up the form and then show the dos windo in front just by using vbnormalfocus... Off to put the kettle on now... -- Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com |
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Do you want to have your code wait for the .bat file to finish?
If yes, a couple of links: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=214248 XL2000: How to Force Macro Code to Wait for Outside Procedure Here's a link to a nice ShellAndWait function that does that. http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...%40tkmsftngp03 (I like to use the second one.) ==== I'm not sure why it kills the .bat file, though. Robin Clay wrote: Thank you for the suggestion - but acksherley.... VBA shells out to run a batch file that takes several minutes to run. Meanwhile, VBA continues, and the next thing it does is to kill the batch file - but that is still running ! So I have inserted a MsgBox - but if the user sees this, she may be temopted to click OK... So I wanted the DOS window to hide the MsgBox until the batch file has finished running. Then the DOS window closes, and the user may then click OK to let VBA continue. So I actually want the DOS window to close on completion. But what I was seeking was a way to ensure that the DOS window covered the MsgBox. Thanks again. -----Original Message----- I don't know a way of positioning the DOS window, but you could stop it from closing: Shell Environ("comspec") & _ " /k c:\runner.bat", vbNormalFocus /c (instead of /k) will close the window Robin Clay wrote: Greetings ! I currently have this- -------------------------------------------- Open "C:\Runner.bat" For Output As #1 Print #1, "@ECHO off" Print #1, "Echo Please wait -" Print #1, "Echo This may take some time ...." Print #1, " [ other DOS commands ] ." Close Shell "C:\Runner.bat", vbNormalFocus MsgBox "Please wait " & vbCrLf & _ "until the DOS window closes." Kill "C:\Runner.bat" ---------------------------------------------- The reason for the MsgBox is to prevent VBA from KILLing the batch file until it has completed running. I would like the DOS window to cover the MsgBox. How can I specify whereabouts on the screen the DOS window will appear? RClay AT haswell DOT com -- Dave Peterson . -- Dave Peterson |
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