RUN.EXE + RUN.VBS |
News September 14, 2009: some time ago I received a patch from Steven Bartley to allow command line arguments, complete source code is here. July 14, 2008: discovered similar tools here and also here. January 4, 2007: the 'stop.exe' will remove the INI file automatically. The name of the 'stop.ini' file can be configured in 'run.ini'. Minor fixes in error messages. December 24, 2006: improved 'run.exe' so it can write a file with the PID of the started program. Also created 'stop.exe' which can cleanup the processtree started by 'run.exe'. See the FAQ for an explanation on the usage. February 16, 2006: adapted the 'run.c' file so it will execute scripts which realize a GUI using a DLL. Also uploaded a new executable. |
Introduction This is the homepage of a wrapper called 'RUN'. With this wrapper you can start a shell script or DOS executable without actually popping up the DOS box in which the script or executable runs. Windows shellscripts are created using programming languages like Scriptbasic, Yabasic or newLISP. It is extremely usefull to use the 'RUN' wrapper in combination with the GTK-server. If a script designs a GUI using the GTK-server, the DOS box annoyingly will popup next to the GUI. With 'RUN' this problem can be solved. The 'RUN' wrapper will run on all windows platforms. The 'RUN.VBS' script has the same function and purpose as the 'RUN.EXE' binary but is less powerfull. |
Usage of 'RUN.EXE':
Usage of 'RUN.VBS':
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FAQ Question: Can I use your wrapper to run other types of console-based programs? Answer: Yes, you can. Of course you will see no output since the console is gone. Question: How do I stop a console-based program started with your wrapper? Answer: There are three possibilities.
Answer: Yes, but then you need to recompile the wrapper yourself. Download the sourcefiles of the wrapper from this site and download the GCC compiler from MinGW. Replace the 'RUN.ICO' file with your icon. If your icon has the same name, recompile. Otherwise also edit 'RUN.C', 'RUN.RC' and 'Makefile' to use the correct filename. Question: What is the license of this nice piece of software? Can I use it commercially? Answer: Yes, it is free as in 'FREE' and 'GRATIS', do whatever you like with it. |
Download Precompiled binaries created with MinGW: Sourcefiles:
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