Re: Hiding the command window when using system() on Windows

Matt Stone
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:05:45 -0000

Hi Wes,

I had a similar problem using another language. I don''t think that
there
are command line or ruby system() options that let you control this.

My solution was to write a very stupid .Net executable; that just ran
the programme that I needed in a controlled window [:ie background &
minimised]. From .Net its really easy to access the windowing bits of
windows.

Not a very elegant hack, but it worked.

rgds
- matt.

Wes Gamble wrote:
> I''m making a system call in Windows to a program from within my
Rails
> app., and when it executes, a command window opens up by default for the
> duration of the program run.
>
> I''m pretty sure that there''s a way to hide this window
when I run the
> command.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this?
>
> Alternatively, I tried to set up a shortcut pointing to the executable
> that runs with the window minimized but wasn''t able to invoke it
> successfully using system(shortcut_name).
>
> Any help is appreciated.