call problems

Hi, I have noticed various times that call on WinXP crashes REBOL (encapped or not) randomly. Has anybody else that experience? If so, is there a better/other way to interface via the shell using the library interface on Windows? --Maarten

Hi Maarten, On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, 5:11:31 PM, you wrote: MK> I have noticed various times that call on WinXP crashes REBOL (encapped MK> or not) randomly. Has anybody else that experience? I have (long ago, I should say...) reported a bug in CALL, that it crashes if you are using /WAIT (or any other refinement implying /WAIT, such as /OUTPUT etc.) and the console window is not open. I don't use CALL much, but it never crashed to me with the console open; it always crashes if the console is not open. I didn't test it with the latest SDK. MK> If so, is there a better/other way to interface via the shell using the MK> library interface on Windows? If you don't need to redirect output, yes, but then, CALL does not crash either. Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila --- SOON: http://www.rebol.it/

I have not noticed that behavior when testing my ddr xfer app on WinXP. using released version of rebol/view/pro. -MAx --- You can either be part of the problem or part of the solution, but in the end, being part of the problem is much more fun.

Hi Gabriele, This is what my feeling is too: once I use /error to redirect output (implicitly using wait) it crashes sometimes. So no my question is: who of the windows heroes can help me implement a call++ using the library interface. --Maarten

Hi Maarten, MK> This is what my feeling is too: once I use /error to redirect output MK> (implicitly using wait) it crashes sometimes. MK> So no my question is: who of the windows heroes can help me implement a MK> call++ using the library interface. Are you looking for something as simple as a call to ShellExecute, with which you could invoke cmd, or do you need something more elaborate--like a CreateProcess approach--that lets you specify redirection parameters and such? -- Gregg

Hi Gregg, The more elaborate approach. I have a built an installer for Stunnel and openssl with REBOL that unpacks all the binaries, asks for your certificate and converts it to a different format. To see if that works I need the iutput of openssl, but 'call crashes then (sometimes). Another option may be to use call/shell {openssl.exe ... > out.txt} and do a wait :3 , but that's rather ugly. BTW: now that people see a small, scriptable cross-plarform installer than Java I got people thinking. --Maarten

Hi Maarten, MK> The more elaborate approach. I have a built an installer for Stunnel and MK> openssl with REBOL that unpacks all the binaries, asks for your MK> certificate and converts it to a different format. MK> To see if that works I need the iutput of openssl, but 'call crashes MK> then (sometimes). Another option may be to use call/shell {openssl.exe ... >> out.txt} and do a wait :3 , but that's rather ugly. I don't have one of those handy, unfortunately. :\ I'd have to look into how the redirection handles work a bit. Let me know if it's important. -- Gregg

Hi Gregg, Using 2> as redirection to a file and waiting a second works for me as well. Shouldn't be a bug though :( --Maarten