DOS Application window in my form

interested

Tomas, which memo component is that?

I gave you the name of the component (TDosMemo).
Go to the link I posted and scroll half way down and
you should see it.

Regards,
Tomas Helgi

Tomas, sorry it's been a long day...

I'm just reading the description of the component. It looks like the component lets you re-direct output from a DOS application to a memo, not to run the program. That's not what I need.

Graga

Try this component.
http://master-brain.boom.ru/Download_files/DOSCommand.zip

sorry above link isn't working
Try
http://master-brain.boom.ru
then press Download
and find
DosCommand.zip

listening...

MBo,

I think we are on the wrong track. Both components allow to capture DOS command output to a memo field. This is not what I want. I want to display an interactive DOS application.

graga

well you can launch the dos app with CreateProcess then use dwProcessID from  the returned PROCESSINFO structure
to get the window from the processid use the folowing code

function EnumWindowsProc(Wnd: hWnd; ProcWndInfo: PProcessWindow): BOOL;
stdcall;
var
    WndProcessID: Cardinal;
begin
    GetWindowThreadProc(Wnd, WndProcessID);
    if WndProcessID = ProcWndInfo^.TargetProcessID then begin
        ProcWndInfo^.FoundWindow := Wnd;
        Result := False; // This tells EnumWindows to stop enumerating since
we've already found a window.
    end else Result := True; // Keep searching
end;

function GetProcessWindow(TargetProcessID: Cardinal): hWnd;
var
    ProcWndInfo: TProcessWindow;
begin
    ProcWndInfo.TargetProcessID := TargetProcessID;
    ProcWndInfo.FoundWindow := 0;
    EnumWindows(@EnumWindowsProc, @ProcWndInfo);
    Result := ProcWndInfo.FoundWindow;
end;


then simply set the windows parent to your form or panel or whatever control you wish  
the usage would be smth like :

ok:=CreateProcess(nil, 'DosApp.exe, nil, nil, true,
      NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, nil, nil, si, pi);
if ok then
  Windows.SetParent(GetProcessWindow(pi.dwProcessId), somePanel.Handle);

I haven't tested it but that's the basic idea :)

forgot the :

type
  PProcessWindow = ^TProcessWindow;
  TProcessWindow = record
    TargetProcessID: Cardinal;
    FoundWindow: hWnd;
  end;

Lee, this looks good!
I can't however compile your code. It's complaining about "Variants" in uses clause.
When removed, GetWindowThreadProcessId complains about incompatible types.
I'm running D5

Hi,

I also like it. Nice code Lee_Nover ;-)

1. My uses clause (D5):
uses Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
  ExtCtrls, StdCtrls;

2.
GetWindowThreadProcessId(Wnd, @WndProcessID);

3.Add
Sleep(100);
or more after CreateProcess to let the new process to create its main window.

Regards, Geo

ahh yes sorry about the incompatibility :)
as you can see from the first code it is made for D5, I had to change it coz I'm using D6 :)
glad it helps :)

I would also like to know how to run command prompt in my application ? Lee Nover, I've compiled your code,but still don't know how does it work?! what should I open, when open dialog appear ? cmd.exe ?

Thanks

Hi all, I know this is an old thread, but, I was wondering...

The above code compiles/runs without any errors, but doesn't move/assign the dos window to the Panel as a parent (maybe it does, but the dos window is still not running in the panel), BUT as soon as I debug and step through it.... the dos window is assigned to the panel. I'm using D6... Any Ideas!?