For shell windows showing look at the property hideConsoleWindows If you're worried about shell blocking, could do your file management stuff as a process instead.
Syntax: open process appName [for [text|binary] {read | write | update | neither}] Haven't done much with open process myself, but can probably do what you want that way. On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Maarten Koopmans < maarten.koopm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll try the command shell, I hope the command window doesn't show. > Blocking behavior is another fear ( why revCopyFile is unacceptable). > > Thanks for all the hints and advice everybody! > > --Maarten > > On Sunday, April 10, 2011, Jim Ault <jimaultw...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2011, at 5:31 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > > > > Maarten, > > That depends on many factors. I have been in situations where writing a > few tens of thousands of files too hours using read/write, while using the > shell command took a few minutes. I have also been in situations where > read/write was actually the preferred method. If it is about speed, though, > I'd go with the command line. You can do the benchmarking if it really > matters to you. > > > > > > And if you program your progress bar to show > > movie trailers, sports highlights, or car crashes, > > the user won't mind so much if the file writing process is slower. > > > > Jim Ault > > Las Vegas > > > > > > On 10 apr 2011, at 14:14, Maarten Koopmans wrote: > > > > > > Really? Ever benchmarked open, read, write on files? How slow are they? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode