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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>hello list,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I want to start a Win98 program from within
another program. I tried to do this with TProcess, but TProcess.Create
raises an exception ..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>this is my code:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>procedure StartProgram(ACommandLine:
String);<BR>var<BR> MyProcess: TProcess;<BR>begin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> try<BR> MyProcess
:= TProcess.Create(ACommandLine, [poExecuteOnCreate]);<BR>
except<BR> on E: Exception do Log('StartProgram Create ' +
ACommandLine + ': ' +<BR> E.ClassName + ' ' +
E.Message);<BR> end;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> ..</DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>and the log file output is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> 0 StartProgram Create
C:\IOS.Exe: EINOUTERROR File not open<BR></FONT><FONT face="Courier New"
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The file C:\IOS.Exe exists, and can be
started manually .. am I doing something wrong?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>thank you,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Anton.</FONT></DIV>
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