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Jun 04, 2014
04:46 AM
How to hide console, when bat/cmd is ran as prerequisite?
Hello,
I am launching .bat file as prerequisite which in turn calls some exe.
I dont want console to display when prerequisite setup is going on.
How to achive this?
I am launching .bat file as prerequisite which in turn calls some exe.
I dont want console to display when prerequisite setup is going on.
How to achive this?
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Dec 19, 2014
02:34 PM
Hi Nitin,
This is defiantly not a build in feature for Installshield. Did a little research and it appears this may be a limitation of using batch files.
http://www.howtogeek.com/131597/can-i-run-a-windows-batch-file-without-a-visible-command-prompt/
"You can’t — executing a batch file with the built in Command Prompt is going to keep a window open until the batch file exits."
Grant
This is defiantly not a build in feature for Installshield. Did a little research and it appears this may be a limitation of using batch files.
http://www.howtogeek.com/131597/can-i-run-a-windows-batch-file-without-a-visible-command-prompt/
"You can’t — executing a batch file with the built in Command Prompt is going to keep a window open until the batch file exits."
Grant
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