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#112685From: Mike LawrenceMar 7, 1988 9:30 PM

Richie – I just read your Benchmark review. I thought it was very informative. I have the package on order right now and am anxious to give it a try myself. Is it possible to disable the Benchmark startup code and just use your own startup PROCEDURE? Mike 70030,160

#112822From: Jim VentolaMar 8, 1988 7:16 PM

Mike– I use Benchmark from CLI rather than from the boot disk they supply. You have to assign m2l to the cd where they are to be found. // Jim

#112869From: Richard BielakMar 8, 1988 10:34 PM

As far as I know, you can't disable the startup code. However, it's possible to close the annoying window that is open automatically for you…Richie

#112925From: Jim VogelMar 9, 1988 4:37 AM

Richie, Thats like holding a bone in front of a hungry dog, just out of hisreach…HOW do you get rid of that annoying window? Thanks, Jim Vogel :^)

#113097From: Richard BielakMar 10, 1988 3:53 PM

Sorry, I didn't realize what I was leaving out of my message. You have to do a 'Close' on the std-input or std-output variables that exist in the 'System' module. I don't have the code in fron of me at this moment, but if you remind me via e-mail, I will send you an example…Richie

#113124From: Jim VogelMar 10, 1988 7:11 PM

Richie, No I just looked in my manual, and can see how its done. Thanks for telling me where it is at. Jim Vogel

#113653From: Erv ThompsonMar 13, 1988 2:46 PM

A thought just occured to me. The same "method" could be apllied to the libraries. If you needed a particular version than just close and then open. I presume the lib pointers are global. They are aren't they?

#112945From: Steve FaiwiszewskiMar 9, 1988 12:17 PM

I assume you're trying to get rid of the window that's implicitly opened if you're running from Workbench. The way to do this is to Close(StdInput) and setting StdOutput to NIL. StdInput & StdOutput are in module System. The unfortunate thing about this scheme is that the window is still opened for a moment (until you close it) so it shows up as an unsightly flash. Oh well… – Steve –

#112993From: Mike LawrenceMar 9, 1988 8:33 PM

I haven't recieved the package yet. My concern is the problem that Richie mentioned in his review of the startup code opening all the Libraries for you, which might make it hard to verify that the correct versions are available. Thanks for the info on the Window. Mike

#113256From: Steve FaiwiszewskiMar 11, 1988 1:56 PM

Good point about the problem of not knowing whether the right version of the libraries are opened. – Steve –

#113520From: Richard BielakMar 12, 1988 9:13 PM

This actually has a workaround solution. Close the libraries, and re-open checking for version. Ugly, but it will do the job… …Richie 🙂