| From: | David Lowe |
| Date: | 13 Aug 2001 at 02:14:28 |
| Subject: | Re[4]: Need help launching external programs! |
Demon Hell wrote about Need help launching external programs!:
> > > com$="Your command and parameters"
> > > Execute_ &com$,0,0
> >
> > Is this documented anywhere? I don't see Execute_ in the
> >command index of the manual...
>
> Look in the back of the Blitz manual, under Appendix2:Operating system
> calls. (1/2 mine has fallen out and got lost, so I cant be more specific)
> Unfortunatly, this part of the manual just lists all functions from the main
> OS libraries, and doesnt specify the arguement types that the functions
> need.
> Try getting hold of the Rom Kernal Reference Manual (aka RKRM`s or
> RKM`s)...a quick search on google often finds these..or buy the amiga
> developer CD2.1.
Okeh, i'm still not clear on this: the Blitz manual [& the
example above,] list 2 arguments for this command {0,0}. The manual
doesn't offer any further details as to which arg does what. The
RKRM lists these as {input, output}, both BPTR. What possible use
are these?
David J. Lowe Member, Team Amiga
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