How to? Run DOS .exe's the same way Wine does...

[Joe Caverly]

Hi,
Wine has the ability to determine whether an .EXE is for DOS or Windows. If the .EXE is for DOS, it launches it using DOSBox.

Ref: (http://jpsoft.com/forums/threads/4nt8-wineconsole-and-dosbox.4208/)

I would like to do the same under TCC running in Windows Vista.

I can easily do this with a .BTM file, using the @EXETYPE variable function to determine if the .EXE is for DOS, but I would like to start an .EXE on the command line, just like in 4NT8 under Wine, and have it launch DOSBox if the .EXE is for DOS.

I was thinking of using Charles Dye's EKeys plugin, but the Enter key is not a supported hotkey (if it is, I must have missed it).

Constructive suggestions would be appreciated.

Joe

 

[samintz]

One way would be to run all your exe's via a "run" type command. You could then check your @exetype within the launcher.
Maybe something like:

alias r*un=`if %@exetype[%1] == 1 (dosbox %$) else (%$)`

r mydoscmd
r regcmd

 

[samintz]

It might be possible to use the PRE_EXEC alias to do that also. I haven't ever used the special aliases so I don't have experience with them. The docs say they aren't passed a command line. So I don't know how you get the current command line.

 

[Joe Caverly]

So I don't know how you get the current command line.

I created a .BTM called pre_exec.btm;

@setlocal
@echo off
set theEXE=%@word[0,%_cmdline]
echo %theEXE
endlocal

Next, I did;

alias pre_exec=c:\utils\pre_exec.btm

which returns the command line.

I'll see where this takes me.

Joe