POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.newusers: Shell-out to Operating System Problem: Re: Shell-out to Operating System Problem

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From: hughes, b
Date: 7 Jan 2003 17:24:55
Message: <3e1b53b7$1@news.povray.org>

"Stephen McAvoy" <mca### [at] aolcomcom> wrote in message
news:3e1b17ec.326655686@news.povray.org...
> I am using Pov 3.5 for windows under XP. And am trying to run an exe
> file using the Pre Frame Command e.g. Pre_Frame_Command=W003.exe  or
> Pre_Frame_Command=W003

There's your trouble  ;-)

You must start the Command Interpreter to use the executable.

Pre_Frame_Command=cmd.exe /c W003.exe

The /c switch closes the MS Prompt window after exectution, /k would keep it
running.

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