Launching misc programs from ArcadeOS


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Posted by Dan on 16, 2000 at 5:47 PM:

I'd like to use ArcadeOS as the ultimate front-end, not just for emulators, but for all programs on my ArcadePC. So far, I've set up an APP file that has EXE=go.bat, where go.bat looks like this:

@echo off
call %1

I set path=c:\arcadeos\misc and file pattern=*.bat. Then I created batch files in the misc directory that run my executables. For example, I have a batch file called BeatMania.bat that looks like this:

@echo off
c:\beatmania\bm98body.exe

Now from ArcadeOS I can select any of these batch files and run the programs! Now for the questions:

1) Go.bat also appears in the ArcadeOS menu, though I don't want anyone to select this because it's the launcher and that would be a bad thing :) Is there a way to not have go.bat displayed in the menu?

2) The programs run fine, but when I exit them I end up back at the Windows Desktop where I have to press Alt-Tab to get back to ArcadeOS. I don't have this problem with the emulators. How do I get the programs to return me directly to ArcadeOS?

3) Is there a better way to do all this?

Thanks for your time,
Dan



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