Thanks Zorbid, I'm going to try it... Best regards Claudio

MiniMax, yes I'm on Windows. I did not know the AutoHotKey, I am checking it, but is that true that it needs "active" action from the user (i.e. pressing a combination of keys)? My problem is that the application keeps launching two (!) DosBox(es) at a time, and their windows keep popping up, for …

OK, thanks a lot to everyone. I can understand your point, that DOSBox is not the right tool for my application... (actually I did not choose it myself). I tried almost all what was suggested, but DOSBox keeps on :-) jumping in the foreground. Never mind. If some readers know an emulator that could …

Hi everybody, I'm new to DosBox, but I have found it deeply buried in a third-part MATLAB (!) application that I have to use. DosBox is launched there with the purpose of executing old dos-type scientific software, that probably would not run under XP. It is run with the -noconsole option, and the . …