Re: System call from R causes loss of cursor control
Dave,
Use help(system) to see command options.
You need to set minimized = T and/or invisible=T, I do not remember exactly but one of those does the trick
system(command, intern = FALSE, ignore.stderr = FALSE,
wait = TRUE, input = NULL, show.output.on.console = TRUE,
minimized = FALSE, invisible = TRUE)
Leonid
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Nick Holford wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Have you tried using the minimized option for the R system command?
>
> Or if that doesnt work you could try calling system with a command like this: "start /min nonmembatch.bat"
>
> See http://www.computerhope.com/starthlp.htm for details of the DOS start command.
>
> Nick
>
> David H Salinger wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am using R to simulate protocol decision making and repeatedly call NONMEM -
> > via a system call - to perform the simulation. The problem with this is that
> > every time the system call is executed, the dos window pops up and cursor
> > control is taken from whatever else that I am working on - beyond annoying! I
> > am using Windows. Does anyone know how to prevent this?
> >
> > I saw in the archives that Mark Sale (I believe) asked this question many years
> > ago, but it did not appear that a satisfactory answer was returned.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Dave
>
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