Webutil_host.host problems (bugs???)

Question

Hi,
I'm using the webutil_host.host(commandline) command to execute batchfiles on a client pc. These batch files are also echoing messages to the screen. In the client server version, when I use the host command, the messages appear in my ms-dos box. With webutil they don't.
The same goes for the pause command in a batch file. When there is a pause command in the batch file to give the user the possibility to read the messages on the screen and wait for user interaction, the ms-dos box doesn't respond on my key-stroke. I have to close the ms-dos window by clicking on the upperrightcorner cross.
imo this is unwanted.... Is there a workaround? Or do I have to live with the fact that webutil_host.host != host

Answer 1

i'm using the webutil host command to execute batch files on the client pc. One function of these batch files is to start SQL*loader to read data-files on the client-pc. This is the core of the application, since the data in the datafiles is the base of the rest of the process.
Because this is such an important part it is decided to give outputs to the ms-dos console and put pauses in the batchfile, so the process of reading the data-files can be evaluated.
Since this is a migration traject (moving from c/s to web) my customer doesn't want any functional changes (like outputs to logfiles instead of ms-dos window).