On 31 Aug 04  07:04:14, mark lewis got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: BAT Files

 DC> How do you use a BAT file to be able to load a
 DC> program and then do something else?

 ml> that depends on the OS being run...

It's in DOS under WIN98  

 ml> generally speaking, you'd use some sort of "start"
command or utility
 ml> to fire up the additional items... however, this means that the OS
 ml> must be multitasking already... 

The program I'm loading works as a TSR.  Once it's loaded, I 
can run regular programs from the DOS prompt.  


 DC> IOW, I've got a bat file that loads Switcher.  However, the
 DC> bat file won't do anything else until I uninstall Switcher.
 DC> Only then does it run the other commands/programs I want
 DC> to run.  (Which is too late!)

 ml> if switcher is the "multitasker", then i don't know that you can do
 ml> what you are wanting... are you wanting the other items to be started
 ml> from within switcher or in addition to switcher? if in addition to,
 ml> then the OS is already multitasking and switcher isn't needed, is it?
 ml> or am i misunderstanding switcher? 

Switcher does like it sounds.  I can run a program and freeze it 
on the page I'm in.  It then allows me to open a separate DOS 
section and run another program.  I can do that 7 or 8 times, 
leaving any of the porgrams on the place I left it.  It's great 
for cut and paste in DOS mode.  



... QWK? I don't need no stinkin' QWK packet!
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