On Nov 05 1993 (08:55), Paul Edwards of 3:711/934{at}fidonet wrote:

 PE> If I write a windows application and I want to spawn zip, 
 PE> which writes output using printf, what should I do?

 PE> I'm still after anyone to tell me what trick people use to 
 PE> make thinks like a lharc self-extracting archive print into 
 PE> a window in plain dos, rather than taking up the whole 
 PE> screen.  Thanks + bye.

Create a PIF, which has the appropriate settings, then WinExec (I think
this is the one) the PIF.  If necessary, use a batch file, which your app
writes on the fly, instead of the executable in the PIF.  With a bit of
work (see the Undocumented Corner in DDJ a coupla months ago), you could
write the PIF on the fly ....

Regards, Andrew.

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