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Title: help hiding a bat file
Post by: abispac on May 12, 2012, 02:40:58 am

how do front ends hide the mame comand window?
Im testing some stuff up in hyperspin and it works like a charm now, but i get an ugly comand windows everytime i launch a bat file, so i wonder if is an easy way to hide that windows just as the front ends do, thanks for any help.

Title: Re: help hiding a bat file
Post by: Thenasty on May 12, 2012, 08:01:27 am

the first line in your BAT file

@echo off








also you can add >nul at the end of command
ex:

Mame pacman >nul



hope that's what your looking for.

Title: Re: help hiding a bat file
Post by: elkameleon on May 12, 2012, 07:21:08 pm

echo off just doesnt print anything in the window, the window still pops up. There may be an option to run minimized though...

Title: Re: help hiding a bat file
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on May 12, 2012, 09:37:05 pm

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117963.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117963.0)

See LeChuck's reply #1.  This is the only thing that worked for me. 

Title: Re: help hiding a bat file
Post by: elkameleon on May 12, 2012, 11:02:02 pm

I think you may be able to create a shortcut of the batch file, and within the shortcut properties, you can select to run it minimized. I'll check it out.

EDIT: going this route does indeed work, the only trace is the icon in the taskbar.

Title: Re: help hiding a bat file
Post by: abispac on May 13, 2012, 12:34:28 am

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\arcade\tronswitch\4way.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing

fixed mi issue thanks for the help.