Is there a technique to determine if a dos app was invoked via sentto vs a dos window?

Question

In the case of a sendto invocation, I would like to keep the application open, after it completes, so the user can look at it.

In the case of a dos window invocation, the user controls when the window closes.

The platform is XP using msvc 6

Answer 1

The shortcut you create in the SendTo folder can call:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k [your program path\program name]

The /k will keep the console up after the invocation.