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Date:	Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:41:17 -0800
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Invoking OS/2 command file from within OS/2 REXX file

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On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 15:04:51 -0800, Bill Eaglet wrote:

>How can I invoke an OS/2 (non REXX) command file from within
>an OS/2 REXX command?

Use the OS/2 START command. For example:

/*Begin starting the TimeKeeper/2 clock and the Internet Connection Dialer, TCPDIAL.EXE*/
/*Begin starting the TimeKeeper/2 clock*/
CommandLine = 'START "Time Keeper" /PGM /PM "C:\UTILITIES\Time_Utilities\TIMEKEEPER!2\TIMEKEEP.EXE"'
INTERPRET "CommandLine"
CALL SysSleep 1 /*Wait 1 second until TimeKeeper/2 finishes opening*/
/*After 1 second the Internet Connection Dialer will have the focus*/
/*End starting the TimeKeeper/2 clock*/

I lifted the above from an old REXX script that I used to start Netscape Navigator with my dialup service. I wanted the "Timekeeper!2 utility program to run concurrently
with Netscape.
HCM

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