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In  <Bu1zIH.3u6@world.std.com>  bsn@world.std.com (Brent S Noorda) writes:
> I set up program objects' settings so that by double-clicking on them in
> the WPS I can launch them in wonderful ways. For example, I can set up
> a desktop Program Object to launch a program in a DOS session with such-and-
> such memory and window, etc...  Now I can launch this program with these
> setting whenever I want by using a mouse on the shell.  But is there any
> way to launch these same programs with the same settings from the command
> line or from Rexx or from C programming?
> Can messages be sent to the shell?
> Are the settings saved somewhere accesible?
> 

Yes, they are (if you know the OBJECT_ID of the object, and you have the very
latest REXX20 updates). You can use SysSetObjectData to open an object that
exists on the desktop, or you can use SysCreateObject with <WP_NOWHERE> and
(I think) "OPEN=DEFAULT" in the setup string parameter.

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Cliff Nadler (cnadler@vnet.ibm.com)
IBM Federal Systems Company - TEAM OS/2

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