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Article #1950Executing a program from
From: Robert Mahoney
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 15:26
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 15:26
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KK>In <kaz.718396549@pv7b82.vincent.iastate.edu> Jimmy Buffet writes: >Is there an OS/2 function I can call to execute a program within a program >(for example, call dir within a program). Also, is there a list >of standard OS/2 file and dir functions I can get anywhere? Thanks! > >-- KK>Check on the DosExecPgm API; it allows you to start either child programs KK>either Synchronously or Asynchronously. For example in your case you would KK>code the following: KK> DosExecPgm(NULL,0,EXEC_SYNC,"CMD.EXE\0/K DIR\0",NULL,&RC,"CMD.EXE"); DosExecPgm will start programs only of the same type of the parent. VIO->VIO, PM->PM, etc. Use DosStartSession if you want to start a VIO program from a PM program. Bob ___ * MR/2 1.1 #10 * OS/2 on a dealer's shelf is rarer than Elvis in a 7-11
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From: Robert.Mahoney@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Robert Mahoney) Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Subject: Executing a program from Message-ID: <718564033.F00002@blkcat.UUCP> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 10:26:00 -0500 Lines: 20