A question about cygstart

A question about cygstart

[Andy Hall]

I have build scripts for .NET and .NET CF apps, that require Visual Studio to be running in order for the build to complete.   Because these builds all run in the background I would like to start Visual Studio minimized so that it does not interfere with other activities while the build is running.

I start Visual Studio in the scripts as follows. 

cygstart --showminimized   "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/IDE/devenv.exe" /edit

If Visual Studio is not ruining, Visual Studio will start minimized.   However, if Visual Studio is already running, a subsequent invocation of the same command will bring up the window maximized. 

No combination of options to cygstart seems to overcome this.   What other approaches are available. 



Andy Hall
ServicePower, Inc.
744 San Antonio Road
Phone: (650) 739-0988
E-Mail: a.hall@ServicePower.com


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RE: A question about cygstart

[Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]]

Andy Hall wrote on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:57 PM:
> I start Visual Studio in the scripts as follows.
>
> cygstart --showminimized   "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft
> Visual Studio 8/Common7/IDE/devenv.exe" /edit
>
> If Visual Studio is not ruining, Visual Studio will start minimized.
> However, if Visual Studio is already running, a subsequent invocation
> of the same command will bring up the window maximized.
>
> No combination of options to cygstart seems to overcome this.   What
> other approaches are available.

Does devenv.exe behave similarly when started from a shortcut without
cygstart?

Sounds like as it loads, devenv.exe may be looking for other instances
and then deciding what to do on its own.  You might see if Visual Studio
has any options that can change that behavior.

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.

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