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Minimizing window with REXX

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From: Joe Burkley
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:21
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I have a little application that has no need to run in an open window, but
I can't use start /min to run it.  It is a rexx program that calls some
os2 exe code.  Right now I have the rexx code call itself like this

Original invocation: "example"
then the program parses the startup arguments and calls itself with
start /min example run_me

where the "run_me" parameter is used to check whether this is the first or
second invocation of the program.
This works OK, but isn't very clean.  So back to my question, is there a
way for a rexx program to cause itself to be minimized?

A second question.  The os/2 applicaiton my rexx code starts likes to throw a 
lot of garbage to the screen.  Currently I redirect the output to a file and
then delete the file.  Can a redirect it to a null file?

				-Joe Burkley

				burkley@opus.nosc,mil
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From: burkley@nosc.mil (Joe Burkley)
Subject: Minimizing window with REXX
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:21:32 GMT
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