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to: DANNY PERREAULT
from: RAYMOND PESEK
date: 1997-02-24 21:38:00
subject: Shell in a window

DP ->the video output of PKZIP is fine, and the data is correctly displayed 
INTO
   ->the window, but if I use the swap function from blinker like this
DP ->   WinWork := WOPEN(5,5,20,75)
   ->   SWPRUNCMD("PKZIP",256,"","")
DP ->the video output of PKZIP does not respect the window previously opened, 
and
   ->the data is displayed using the complete screen.
DP ->Anybody know how I can fix this? Am I doing something wrong?
SwpRunCmd() effectively puts the entire program into "suspended
animation," so anything you run from it is generally not aware that the
parent program exists. Which in fact it doesn't, because it's just a
disk or memory swap file and a stub to reload it.
In other words, you're not doing anything wrong, and what you're trying
to do won't work the way you want it to.
Raymond Pesek
 * 1st 2.00 #2448 * Moderator - Clipper Echo
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