Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:57:45 -0500 From: "Mark Dodel" Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: RUN! - a helper for helper apps Forwarded message from "Rich Walsh" on Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:16:35 UTC comp.os.os2.apps Recent discussions about the difficulty in starting Mozilla from ProNews/2 and PMMail have prompted me to write RUN! It is now available at: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/run_050.zip It's final location will probably be: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/run_050.zip From the readme: ---- RUN! can eliminate the batch files and config.sys entries often needed to start 'helper-apps' (e.g. opening your web browser from your email client). It sets the current drive, directory, & BeginLibPath to the directory containing the .exe, starts the program, then terminates. USAGE - if you want to start xyz.exe from MyApp: - copy run!.exe to xyz's directory - rename it to xyz!.exe - update MyApp to have it start xyz!.exe OPTIONS - insert these options between the '!' and the '.exe'; they are not case-sensitive. For example: xyz!pl.exe - General: L - set LIBPATHSTRICT (requires Warp 4.0 Fixpack 13(?) or later) N - do not close VIO windows when the program terminates C - use this if command-line parameters aren't passed to the app - Session Type: P - PM V - VIO window F - Full screen D - Default overrides the default type for this program (if possible) ---- If you try RUN!, be sure to read the section labelled "Miscellanea" for additional info. Send comments, bug reports, and feature requests to me at the address below. Like they say, "HTH"... -- == == almost usable email address: DragText AT E-vertise.Com == == ___________________________________________________________________ | DragText v3.8 Rich Walsh | A Distinctly Different Desktop Enhancement Ft Myers, FL | http://e-vertise.com/dragtext/ ___________________________________________________________________ ---END FORWARDED MESSAGE--- -- Warpstock 2003 - San Francisco, California, October 18-19 http://www.warpstock.org [Moderator's note: Because of the incredible increase in SPAM lately I will now endeavor to add DESPAM to email addresses in all posts to the News list. Yes I know that the ReplyTo and From addresses are not modified. This action is to protect email addresses that will appear in HTML pages. If you wish to send a response to someone listed in the post be sure to remove the "DESPAM" from any email address in the body of the post.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org