Re: external programs

Is the external exe waiting for more input from you before it finishes? Also, is the call to system() or exec() whatever inside <HTML> or <BODY> tags as sometimes this makes a difference as to whether or not anything is displayed - some characters are ignored by HTML LJ "Chris Randall" <crandall@otvcablelan.net> wrote in message news:E16WYP6-0003KD-00@mail.otvcablelan.net... > i'm having a bit of a problem, i have in my php script a call to system(), it calls an external .exe, php hangs waiting for a return value from the .exe [i > believe], i've recompiled the program i'm calling with system() to return 0 and even 1, but it still does not work, would any body have any > suggestions perhaps? > >