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[UniqueTII]

I have searched quite a bit and can't seem to find an answer for my problem.

I have a button that runs a .bat file and at the end of the .bat file, I need to press a key to close the DOS window. I was hoping I could create a timer for 1 or 2 seconds that will close the DOS window (using SendKeys?) and return focus to my form with the button on it. How could I set up a timer on the OnClick function of the button to do this?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

If it is a well-behaved DOS window, it should close if you end the batch file with EXIT as a command intended for the COMMAND prompt.

If it doesn't do what you expected, I think you need to consider the default settings for DOS windows, one of which is, I believe, "Close on EXIT."

 

[UniqueTII]

Thanks for the effort Doc, but no luck.

Actually, it's not really a DOS window, because I am using Win2Kpro, so it's a command prompt. If I changed my local settings, that wouldn't really do what I want it to do, since there is more then one user with access to the database.
The .bat file looks like this:

@echo off
echo deleting
pause
H:
cd\
cd\sfina\groups\FINAID\Stud_Emp\Database\DBtoWEB\jobs\nws
del *.html
cd\sfina\groups\FINAID\Stud_Emp\Database\DBtoWEB\jobs\ws
del *.html
cd\sfina\groups\FINAID\Stud_Emp\Database\DBtoWEB
del dbtoweb.ini
echo done

and I tried adding an "exit" both before and after the "echo done" line with no luck. Any other ideas?

EDIT: I don't know why it keeps wrapping, but you get the idea (the lines starting with "obs" should be on the line above them.

 

[UniqueTII]

TTT---can anyone help?