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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