Start cmd.exe inside DosBox \ VOGONS

Start cmd.exe inside DosBox

Topic actions

First post, by Micodat

Posted on 2011-08-11, 09:16

Micodat Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: 2011-08-11, 09:04

DosBox is running on Win7 64Bit
The program I'm using in an old DOS prog.

All is runnung fine except one option:
The program can open PDF files. Under WinNT / Win2000 it starts "CMD.EXE /C START <pdf-filename>" to show the pdf file.

Is it possible to do this too under DosBox?

Frank

Reply 1 of 6, by Qbix

Posted on 2011-08-11, 09:18

Qbix Offline

Rank DOSBox Author

Rank: DOSBox Author
Posts: 11324
Joined: 2002-11-27, 14:50
Location: Fryslan

Water flows down the stream
How to ask questions the smart way!

Reply 2 of 6, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2011-08-11, 09:36

eL_PuSHeR Offline

Rank l33t++

Rank: l33t++
Posts: 6570
Joined: 2003-06-20, 16:39

[Thread moved to DOSBox Games/Apps. Section]

Reply 3 of 6, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2011-08-11, 13:30

IIGS_User Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 938
Joined: 2007-03-14, 19:59
Location: native_lang=ger

Try to find an old DOS version of Acrobat Reader (which has been sold commercially), and install that along within DOSBox.

Last edited by IIGS_User on 2011-08-14, 08:14. Edited 1 time in total.

Klimawandel.

Reply 4 of 6, by Dominus

Posted on 2011-08-11, 13:42

Dominus Offline

Rank DOSBox Moderator

Rank: DOSBox Moderator
Posts: 9225
Joined: 2002-10-03, 09:54
Location: Ludwigsburg

Some games collections come with that, e.g. Ultima Underworld 1+2 Cd-rom collection.

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 5 of 6, by emendelson

Posted on 2011-08-13, 15:22

emendelson Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 854
Joined: 2010-02-14, 02:00

IIGS_User wrote:
Try to find an old DOS version of Acrobat Reader (which has been sold commercially), and install that along within DOSBox.

It's downloadable here:

http://www.haitjema.com/acrobatdos.html

Reply 6 of 6, by japheth

Posted on 2011-08-13, 18:57

japheth Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 39
Joined: 2004-11-29, 13:40

There's also a DOS port of MuPDF - it may accept a lot more PDF files than the ancient Acrobat thing.

http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/dr … 011-02-20-MUPDF

Go to top of page Go to top of page

Back to DOSBox Games/Apps