blair@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Brian Lair) (08/28/90)
Here's an easy one...
With Windows 2.03, I could run Excel in an essentially run-time Windows
environment with the command "win :excel" (note the colon). However, this
doesn't work with Windows 3.0. How can I run a Windows program without
invoking the Program Manager? I need to conserve as much memory as
possible for Excel since I'm running on a fairly bare-bones system.
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+---- <Brian.Lair@Wichita.NCR.COM> or <uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwic!brian.lair> ----+pfeifer@hpavla.AVO.HP.COM (Mark Pfeifer) (08/29/90)
In SYSTEM.INI, there is a line under [boot] that reads "shell=progman.exe" If you really want to run without Program Manager, put the name of your application .EXE file in the shell= line. When you shut down the application, Windows will exit. There is a shareware program to automatically change this line for you, but I don't remember what it's called. Mark
clydep@hplsla.HP.COM (Clyde Phillips) (08/30/90)
>/ hplsla:comp.windows.ms / blair@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Brian Lair) / 6:16 am Aug 28, 1990 / >Here's an easy one... >With Windows 2.03, I could run Excel in an essentially run-time Windows >environment with the command "win :excel" (note the colon). However, this >doesn't work with Windows 3.0. How can I run a Windows program without >invoking the Program Manager? I need to conserve as much memory as >possible for Excel since I'm running on a fairly bare-bones system. >-- >+---- Brian R. Lair ------------------------------------------------------+ >| NCR Corporation, PPD Wichita, VLSI/CAE Operations | >+---- <Brian.Lair@Wichita.NCR.COM> or <uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwic!brian.lair> ----+ >---------- Change the line in system.ini that says: shell=progman.exe to: shell=excel.exe Clyde Phillips
chrisg@microsoft.UUCP (Chris GUZAK) (08/31/90)
In article <669@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM> blair@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Brian Lair) writes: >Here's an easy one... >With Windows 2.03, I could run Excel in an essentially run-time Windows >environment with the command "win :excel" (note the colon). However, this >doesn't work with Windows 3.0. How can I run a Windows program without >invoking the Program Manager? I need to conserve as much memory as >possible for Excel since I'm running on a fairly bare-bones system. >-- >+---- Brian R. Lair ------------------------------------------------------+ >| NCR Corporation, PPD Wichita, VLSI/CAE Operations | >+---- <Brian.Lair@Wichita.NCR.COM> or <uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwic!brian.lair> ----+ Setup excel as your shell. In your system.ini file change shell=progman.exe to shell=excel.exe Note, that to be a proper shell a program needs to do a few extra things to clean up when it exits, but if you are only running one app this shouldn't be a problem. Chris Guzak