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I always try to us axlRunBatchDBProgram instead of running shell commands. Yes, it gives you the ability to hide the window.

Cheers, Dave

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the quick response... axlRunBatchDBProgram() is exactly what I would like to implement... I am trying a quick example:

     axlRunBatchDBProgram("shell"
                "copy 
                file1.text
                file2.text"
      ?startMsg "Copying File"
         )

 This is returning  E- Unable to start program; shell
-127

 Error... Can you assist...?

 Thanks,

 JMWilk

Copy is an unfortunate example because there is no executable or bat file by that name.

You would need to create a batch file named copy.bat for this to work.You should also use the ?noUnload t option.

 the copy feature is built-in to cmd.exe. If all you want is to copy a file do, use an axl API.

   axlOSFileCopy("file1.text" "file2.txt" nil)

If using the axlRunBatchDBProgram as a replacement for shell. I would always add two optons since you are not using the API to read or write the Allegro database.

    axlRunBatchDBProgram("<name>"  "<cmd to run>" ?noUnload t ?silent t)

Hi All, 

Just a quick question for you concerning the axlRunBatchDBProgram... The documentation for this function is very limited in its use... Meaning there isn't a good set of examples to go by... Can other axl functions be called/run using the axlRunBatch function...? If so, can you point to a few good examples... I would like to run axlExtractToFile function in batch but I cannot figure out how to write the code for this if it is possible...

JMWilk