On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:14:17 -0600 "Lars" <nore...@z505.com> wrote:
> Hi, Lazarus has the nice feature of being able to launch an external tool. > > I'm trying to launch a console app... > > So I put C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe in the program file name for the > external tool. This does nothing and gives no error message. Also add the > parameter /k and it still does nothing. > > Any idea how to get lazarus to launch a simple cmd.exe instance as an > external tool? Should this be filed as a bug if it doesn't work? > > Other things I will try... COMSPEC... but still cmd.exe should work, no? I added two options "Show console" and "Hide window". Enable Show console and disable Hide window and cmd.exe will be shown in a console window. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
