Re: Using STRPCCMD from Bosanova emulation

I think we have 2 threads mixed up here. But Helge, try

STRPCCMD PCCMD('Start iexplore www.cnn.com'). It worked for me.

But I still have MY original problem, I can connect from W2K pc but not a XP
pc. Ofcourse I can run a command on my pc, but it does not like if I try to
access data from the AS400.



On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Helge Bichel <hbi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

thanks for all answers *S*

but STRPCCMD PCCMD('Start http://www.cnn.com') PAUSE(*NO) doesn't work
either.

I have seen the Start used in many posts regarding STRPCCMD, but it seems
it doesn't
work for me in whatever context.

When using:
STRPCCMD PCCMD('rundll32 url,FileProtocolHandler http://www.cnn.com')
it works.

What am I missing to understand ?

Brgds

Helge

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:03 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Using STRPCCMD from Bosanova emulation

Let me see if I understand... you want your green-screen software to
wait until Notepad has been closed before continuing? And that works if
you invoke notepad directly, but not if you run the 'start' command?

Presumably, it still runs notepad (even with the 'start') it just
doesn't wait until it's finished, right?

The reason is pretty simple. Your 5250 emulator creates a new process,
to run a command, and waits for that process to finish. When you use
the 'start' command, the 5250 emulator creates a new process and runs
the 'start' command in that process. The 'start' command will, in turn,
create yet another new process to run notepad in. The problem is, the
5250 emulator is waiting for the 'start' process, not the 'notepad'
process.

Whereas if you invoke notepad directly, it should wait for the notepad
process.

Why would you ever want to use 'start' in conjunction with a program
like 'notepad'?? That doesn't make sense to me.


Helge Bichel wrote:

but can somebody explain why:

STRPCCMD PCCMD('notepad.exe') works
STRPCCMD PCCMD('notepad') works
STRPCCMD PCCMD('start notepad.exe') doesn't work
STRPCCMD PCCMD('start notepad') doesn't work

doesn't work: means just returns to the green screen regardless of

PAUSE(*YES/*NO)

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