how to minimaze the same batch window that is in executing?

[marcorocchini]

HI ****

please if I'm running a batch, can at a certain point minimaze the current window in witch the script are running?

thanks

[aazerty]

Hi ,

write at the first line
@echo on
instead of
@echo off

Cheers .

[marcorocchini]

thank you cat but I mean to minimize the entire window that are in executing, and not the text that appear on the window

[pandy]

put START /? on your cmd line - you should receive something like bellow:

C:\Users\Administrator>start /?
Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.

START ["title"] [/D path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED]
      [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL]
      [/NODE <NUMA node>] [/AFFINITY <hex affinity mask>] [/WAIT] [/B]
      [command/program] [parameters]

    "title"     Title to display in window title bar.
    path        Starting directory.
    B           Start application without creating a new window. The
                application has ^C handling ignored. Unless the application
                enables ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt
                the application.
    I           The new environment will be the original environment passed
                to the cmd.exe and not the current environment.
    MIN         Start window minimized.
    MAX         Start window maximized.
    SEPARATE    Start 16-bit Windows program in separate memory space.
    SHARED      Start 16-bit Windows program in shared memory space.
    LOW         Start application in the IDLE priority class.
    NORMAL      Start application in the NORMAL priority class.
    HIGH        Start application in the HIGH priority class.
    REALTIME    Start application in the REALTIME priority class.
    ABOVENORMAL Start application in the ABOVENORMAL priority class.
    BELOWNORMAL Start application in the BELOWNORMAL priority class.
    NODE        Specifies the preferred Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA)
                node as a decimal integer.
    AFFINITY    Specifies the processor affinity mask as a hexadecimal number.
                The process is restricted to running on these processors.

                The affinity mask is interpreted differently when /AFFINITY and
                /NODE are combined.  Specify the affinity mask as if the NUMA
                node's processor mask is right shifted to begin at bit zero.
                The process is restricted to running on those processors in
                common between the specified affinity mask and the NUMA node.
                If no processors are in common, the process is restricted to
                running on the specified NUMA node.
    WAIT        Start application and wait for it to terminate.
    command/program
                If it is an internal cmd command or a batch file then
                the command processor is run with the /K switch to cmd.exe.
                This means that the window will remain after the command
                has been run.

                If it is not an internal cmd command or batch file then
                it is a program and will run as either a windowed application
                or a console application.

    parameters  These are the parameters passed to the command/program.

[marcorocchini]

I mean this:

while executing a batch in normal mode, at a specific certain point I would like minimize the window that is running.
Can it be done this?

[pandy]

I mean this:

while executing a batch in normal mode, at a specific certain point I would like minimize the window that is running.
Can it be done this?

you can add in batch START /MIN before calling your process - i don't know any way to minimize some process window during activity but i'm almost sure that you have this kind of functionality in OS Windows API (so perhaps you may have dedicated application to control different process window).

[jagabo]

Just like every other program: press the minimize button in the title bar.

[Cornucopia]

Make the batch in 2 parts (2 batches, 1st calls 2nd) and have the 2nd be set minimized. But you'll never be able to get the timing exact.

Scott

[Budman1]

@marcorocchini... if you don't mind me asking... what can you possibly be using the hundreds of specialized batch files you have asked for? And how do you keep them organized?

[marcorocchini]

nothing special, overall transcoding processing

[JVRaines]

Make a little VBScript file to invoke Minimize:

Dim shell
Set shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.shell")
shell.SendKeys "% n"

Then call this file in your batch:

cscript minimize.vbs //nologo