Re: Problem using more than 1 parameter in URL when using STRPCCMD

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I just wanted to add my voice to Mark's.  You should be using the 
"rundll32" method.  As long as you call 'start', it'll keep running it 
as an MS-DOS command (because that's where 'start' works), and that 
means you need to follow DOS escaping rules.  It also means your user 
gets the (ugly) black DOS window for each command.

Use rundll32 to invoke the ShellExec_RunDLL function from shell32.dll, 
and you'll be using a native Windows method rather than going through 
the MS-DOS command interface.

PGM

     DCL VAR(&CMD) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(123)
     DCL VAR(&PATH) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(89)

     STRPCO PCTA(*NO)
     MONMSG IWS4010

     CHGVAR VAR(&PATH) VALUE('http://example.com+
        ?parm1=foo&parm2=bar')

     CHGVAR VAR(&CMD) +
     VALUE('rundll32 shell32,ShellExec_RunDLL ' *BCAT &PATH)

     STRPCCMD PCCMD(&CMD) PAUSE(*NO)

ENDPGM

This works for both URLs (as above) and for PC path names 
(C:\temp\Example.doc).  (Just as the "start" command does.)

On 12/13/2011 11:00 AM, Mark Tate wrote:
> If you prepend your command with 'rundll32 shell32,ShellExec_RunDLL '
> that should also solve your problem, and you won't need to escape
> characters.
>
> Using the command like this is like executing the url from the 'run'
> dialog box in windows vs a cmd window.