I have a batch file and an application developed in delphi7. Both are working fine. I want to run the batch file when clicking a button. what can I do for that?
Thanks Nelson
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Use ShellExecute which is declared in ShellAPI.
ShellExecute(
MainForm.Handle,
'open',
PChar(scriptfilename),
PChar(params),
PChar(workingdirectory),
SW_SHOW
);
answered Jun 17, 2011 at 6:17
David Heffernan
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David Heffernan
@Nelson Does this answer the question?
saastn
@DavidHeffernan Can we use CreateProcess instead of SE? how?
David Heffernan
To use
CreateProcess you'd have to send it cmd.exe as the executable, and then whatever arguments are needed to run the script. Typically that would be /C scriptfilename.batsaastn
@DavidHeffernan if you mean passing
'cmd.exe /C scriptfilename.bat' as 'lpCommandLine' I've already tried it.. I'm using RunDosInMemo, it only shows an empty cmd window, and my app stops on until (Apprunning <> WAIT_TIMEOUT) loop till I close cmd manually, however the command runs OK from Run window. should I change anything in RunDosInMemo?David Heffernan
@saastn I can't do this in comments to an unrelated question. If you've got a question about the code you have, ask it.
var
exe_start_map:string;
begin
exe_start_map:=(ExtractFileDir(Application.ExeName));
winexec(PChar(exe_start_map+'\yourfile.bat'),sw_show);
end;
you must add ShellApi in uses list
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