basic program

big_moe

how do i make a program that when i click on a certain icon, two "proper" programs open??


cheers
moe

angry

Any particular language?

djmarkus

a dos batch file would be ok for what i can read from the situation

big_moe

i have done as few searches and i know that i need the code

CALL "C:\...."

to call up the program but when i save that file it wont work... do i need any other lines of code for the batch file to work??

cheers
moe

djmarkus

You dont need call, all you need is the path and name of the executable, i.e., if you wanted to open notepad and calculator your batch file would just be:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe

BUT notepad.exe wont be opened until calculator is closed!

philh1

Presumably, big_moe, you don't want your programs to start one after the other, but both at the same time.

The command 'start' (not 'call') invokes a program in a separate process - what this means for you is that the the 'start' command returns before the program finishes. So you can put two lines in a batch file...

start C:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe
start C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe

The batch file will start calculator and then start notepad right away, without waiting for you to shut down calculator.

So you should have a little batch file which you can run from the command line (or double-click as an icon) which pops both programs up at the same time.

big_moe

thanks people, got it working


moe