I've been reading through the DOSBox help and this forum but haven't found a way to use DOSBox to call a 16 bit application from a DOS batch file, have it execute, then close out so the batch file can continue. Can anyone tell me if this is even possible?
I thought the "call" command did that?
I'm using a call in the batch file to intiate DOSBox, but it only brings up the DOSBox window, it doesn't run my executable.
For example, my batch file looks like this:
call dosbox sa3.exe -noconsole -c "mount s c:\kioteh\"
but when it gets to that part of the batch file, it only opens up the dosbox window, it doesn'execute the command. I can run the commands manually, but that defeats the automation I was hoping for.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I.e. dosbox -c "mount s c:\kioteh\" -c s: -c sa3.exe -c exit
1+1=10
wrote:call dosbox sa3.exe -noconsole -c "mount s c:\kioteh"
that wouldn't do anyways since dosbox itself is an .exe and no .bat
should you make, say, a run_sa3.bat
whose contents (all paths adjusted!) look somewhat like
dosbox sa3.exe -noconsole -c "mount s c:\kioteh"
then the syntax would be better handled
I mean if you went
call run_sa3
instead, OK?
msdos call (vs. win* only start command) just calls another bat doesn't it
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. (La Rochefoucauld)
Perfect!!! Thanks for all the help. Works like a charm.
