I think there was a command "call"
Call NewPatch.exe may help

Regards
Paul McKenzie
Analyst Programmer
SMSS Ltd.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: [DUG]: OffTopic Batch file question


> Hi All
>
> Sorry for posting this on the main group - but it seems OffTopic is not
> behaving.  This is what I posted there a couple of days ago.
>
> Hi
>
> I have a batch file that goes something like:
>
> NewPatch.exe //this is a Windows GUI application
> ATTRIB +R D:\PSLogV2\DBData\*.*
>
> This works fine on my Win2K machine - in that it waits for
> NewPatch to complete before running the ATTRIB line.
>
> On a client's Win95 machine, however it doesn't wait for
> NewPatch.exe to complete (in fact the ATTRIB line runs before
> the GUI app has even opened its window).
>
> Has anyone encountered this problem before?  and is there a
> work around?
>
> TIA
>
> Mark
>
>
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