Hi all,

I can't find it on google, so is it possible to hide the command prompt window that appears with SysUtils.ExecuteProcess('','',[]); ?

I need to run some external processes, but I would not see the console window.

Thank you,
Kjow
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Maybe use TProcess, in options you can specify if there is a (new) console needed.

Never tested myself, so just try.

Bart

Doesn't this depend on the kind of process that you execute ?

Michael.

Windows specific: you can do this with CreateProcess by adding CREATE_NO_WINDOW to the process creation flags. Perhaps something can be added to TProcess to make this easier.

Henry

There's already something in TProcess that should work. Set TProcess.StartupOptions to suoUseShowWindow and set TProcess.ShowWindow to swoHIDE (not tested).

Henry

For TProcess the following should be sufficient before you run your process:

YourProcess.Options := YourProcess.Options + [poNoConsole];

Regards,
Sven

2012/1/20 Henry Vermaak

Thank you to all, I converted my program to TProcess and it works very well :)

...
try
 AProcess := TProcess.Create(nil);
 AProcess.CommandLine := 'command_prompt_command.exe -with -parameters';
 AProcess.Options := AProcess.Options + [poWaitOnExit, poNoConsole];
 AProcess.Execute;
 AProcess.Free;
finally
end;
...

Best Regards,
Kjow
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Though this option might imply that you need to use pipes as well.

Regards,
Sven

Ah, well that's much easier. And it seems to use DETACHED_PROCESS. I didn't know that DETACHED_PROCESS hides the console window, too.

Henry

Hi,

I'm having difficulty making the combined demo work. I'm using ext321, and apache2, hope to receive some guidance. Also, can the demo work with mysql instead of firebird?

Thanks. :)

My steps:-

1. I've placed combined.cgi in the cgi-bin directory and updated the path in combined.html and users.html.
2. After that I installed Firebird server win32 and created a new database, c:\Program Files (x86)\Firebird\Firebird_2_5\db\COMBINED.FB, using "SQL Manager Lite for interbase and firebird".
3. Then i ran the sql script combined.sql
4. Next i configured combined.ini as follows:
[Database]
Path=c:\Program Files (x86)\Firebird\Firebird_2_5\db\COMBINED.FB UserName=sysdba
Password=masterkey

I go to http://localhost/users.html, i can see extjs grid load but nothing can be saved. http://localhost/combined.html displays only an empty page.

Rgds,
Joshua

Laz version: 0.9.31, SVN: 34510
FPC: 2.5.1

I don't recommend it, but if you are stuck with mysql, then it's certainly possible. However, you'll have to rework the code, because the example relies on the presence of a generator (sequence), and MySQL does not provide that (at least not when I last checked).

If you can avoid MySQL, consider using Firebird or PostGres.

What do you mean with 'nothing can be saved' ? Did you log in ? What do you see in firebug ? (I'm assuming you use Firefox or Google Chrome)

Michael.

Hi Michael,

Thanks. I managed to get the login page to load after moving combined.ini to cgi-bin. The login page won't show up until combined.ini exists and the db setting is correct.

However, after logging in, the user table is empty. Note, I've already added a user "test" to USERS table.

Rgds,
Joshua