Hi,
The site I work at is migrating from Unix to Windows:rolleyes:.

I have some Shell(...,..) type statements in program scripts.

On windows it give an Error
"No More Pty's available"

Would anyone be able to comment if the "shell" function can still be in a Windows environment.

many thanks
Anshu

Refer to the programmer's manual for more info: shell() (http://www.baanboard.com/programmers_manual_baanerp_help_functions_starting_and_stopping_programs_shell)
Notes

This function is supported for backward compatibility only. In new applications, use run.prog() and run.baan.prog() instead.

The function is available only for programs running under UNIX, and not for programs running under Windows NT.

Hi NP,

Many thanks for the clue on run.prog()

It works ok on BaanIVc4 and windows2003 server

thanks
anshu

I found another useful comment to get this working :

Fred,
You need to keep the '/c' in second argument as shown below...
id=run.prog("cmd.exe", "/c copy c:\file1 c:\file2", RP_WAIT)

id=run.prog("cmd.exe", "/c copy c:\file1 c:\file2", RP_WAIT)

Anshu,

If you use the Baan std tools function - file.cp() (http://www.baanboard.com/programmers_manual_baanerp_help_functions_directory_file_operations_file_cp) you are OS independent.

Quite true Guru.

I am now using file.** type commands for file management.

All the same
run.prog was very useful to embed "std_gen" in a shell script.

cheers
Anshu