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In <1992Oct29.024549.28633@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> GAMAGE NIMAL K K writes:
>    I am trying to execute a non PM program from a PM program.
>    Can somebody send me a simple code showing how to do it.
>    I did not have any problem executing a PM program from
>    a PM program.
>
>                   Gamage
>
>            gamage@spot.colorado.edu
>

You have to use DosStartSession, not DosExecPgm when the types of
the programs are different (this really should go into some FAQ).

Here is a sample that starts CMD.EXE:

  // Set up the STARTDATA struct...
  // ------------------------------
  sd.Length       = sizeof (STARTDATA);
  sd.Related      = 1;                  // Related
  sd.FgBg         = 1;                  // Background
  sd.TraceOpt     = 0;                  // Trace
  sd.PgmTitle     = "My CMD.EXE";       // PgmTitle
  sd.PgmName      = NULL;               // NULL => CMD.EXE
  sd.PgmInputs    = "";
  sd.TermQ        = NULL;               // No TermQ
  sd.Environment  = NULL;               // Inherit env...
  sd.InheritOpt   = 1;                  // ...from us
  sd.SessionType  = 2;                  // Windowed session
  sd.IconFile     = NULL;               // Use system provided icon
  sd.PgmHandle    = 0L;                 // No pgmhandle
  sd.PgmControl   = 0x0004;             // Minimize
  sd.InitXPos     = 0;
  sd.InitYPos     = 0;
  sd.InitXSize    = 0;
  sd.InitYSize    = 0;

  rc = DosStartSession(&sd, &usSessId, &pidCmd);

Please see the CP reference for details about the STARTDATA struct
and how to set its fields. This is only a sample.

/Peter
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Peter Forsberg           E-mail:  peterf@vnet.ibm.com          (primary)
                                  d88-pfo@nada.kth.se        (alternate)
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