window settings

Okay, here's the situation:

A project Im working on involves a DOS window poppoing up to show progress every once in a while. I know that you can set this window to "close when done" on individual machines, but I would like to set this AT DESIGN TIME in code. I know this has something to do with system settings, and I'm wondering if there exists an API call that will help me make this window never pop up, regardless of the machine it's on.
Any ideas, I'd be happy to hear them.

Nate

Try Using The Native VBs Shell Command To Child The DOS Program. Shell Automatically closes the dos window as soon as the program you executed thru shell terminates. You Can Also Set The Window Mode Options Like Hidden, Minimized etc...