> Phil Davis wrote: > One thing you might find helpful is the 'start' Help info.
Yes, I have done that. What it indicates is that /B is an optional argument to start that starts an application without creating a new window. But what is not clear is, which of the two lines where 'start' is used actually get the argument, and how is the full line supposed to read. >> put "start /MAX C:\foo.html > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom >> set the hideConsoleWindows to true >> get "start cmd /c" && quote & MyCom & quote >> get shell(it) Some things I have tried for line 1 that do not work put "start /B /MAX C:\foo.html > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom put "start /MAX /B C:\foo.html > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom put "start C:\foo.html /MAX /B > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom put "start /b /MAX C:\foo.html > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom put "start /MAX /b C:\foo.html > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom put "start C:\foo.html /MAX /b > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom and some attempts at line 3 get "start cmd /c /b" && quote & MyCom & quote get "start cmd /b /c" && quote & MyCom & quote get "start cmd /c /B" && quote & MyCom & quote get "start cmd /B /c" && quote & MyCom & quote As you can tell, I am aimlessly trying to pin a tail on the donkey. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution