How do I run an external program and wait for it to finish

[hdt888]

I have an external program, which works with its cmd parameters. How do I run this program and wait for it to finish.

I tried RunProgram("cmd.exe",......) with optional Flags:

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#PB_Program_Wait|#PB_Program_Read|#PB_Program_Open

but it didn't work.

Test with PB 6.04.

[mk-soft]

You can't combine this flage with 'Wait'

See PB-Help example: https://www.purebasic.com/documentation ... ogram.html

[infratec]

To less informations.

Which program?

Do you need to read the output of the program?

Why cmd.exe?

[hdt888]

FireFox-Setup.exe /S /InstallDirectoryPath=D:\my-browsers\FireFox

[infratec]

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RunProgram("[PathToExe]\FireFox-Setup.exe", "/S /InstallDirectoryPath=D:\my-browsers\FireFox", "", #PB_Program_Wait)

[hdt888]

I tried another way, what went wrong?

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RunProgram("cmd.exe", "/c @""D:\FiFox-Setup.exe" "/S " + "/InstallDirectoryPath=D:\my-browsers\FireFox"", #Null$, #PB_Program_Wait)

[infratec]

Try it this way:

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RunProgram("cmd.exe", "/c D:\FireFox-Setup.exe /S /InstallDirectoryPath=D:\my-browsers\FireFox", "", #PB_Program_Wait)

[boddhi]

I tried another way, what went wrong?

Contiguous double quotes!

[EDIT] Oupps Infratec, you've been faster