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OT: WP 5.1 - Executing another program
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| Don't faint everybody, I know it's a shock to see me asking about WP 5.1,
but it's for a worthy cause:-)
How do you make WP 5.1 shell out to DOS and run a program?
Thanks,
Bob/Texas
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| RaeMorrill@aol.com 2005-02-12, 1:34 pm |
| Bob
It's Control-F1, then 1 to get out to DOS. You can also use the 2
option of DOS command line if you just wanted to say run a given batch
file. It would execute it, then you just hit a key to come back into
WP51.
Of course you need to be sure the program is on the path, etc., unless
you want to type in the whole path. I use this all the time to run my
Grammar check on a document or to run a neat little zipcode utility I
have to check name/spelling of a town in another state, etc.
Feel free to email if you need further info. Glad to be able to help
you for a change!
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| In article <1108093645.638056.153710@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
RaeMorrill@aol.com says...
> Bob
>
> It's Control-F1, then 1 to get out to DOS. You can also use the 2
> option of DOS command line if you just wanted to say run a given batch
> file. It would execute it, then you just hit a key to come back into
> WP51.
>
> Of course you need to be sure the program is on the path, etc., unless
> you want to type in the whole path. I use this all the time to run my
> Grammar check on a document or to run a neat little zipcode utility I
> have to check name/spelling of a town in another state, etc.
>
> Feel free to email if you need further info. Glad to be able to help
> you for a change!
>
>
Rae,
What I want to do is have the user create a macro or something that when
executed, will run a specified program. So, when the user hits some key
combination, the program C:\BobsStuff\MyProgram.exe is run.
Thanks,
Bob/Texas
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