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RUNPRG A Desk Accessory for running TOS programs.
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by Todd A. Coram 22aug87 BITNET address TCORAM@UDCVAX.BITNET
RUNPRG will run programs selected from a file selector box under GEM
applications. And, because some GEM programs steal all available
memory, RUNPRG is configured at boot up time to reserve some
memory of its own to run programs.
Place RUNPRG.ACC and RUNPRG.RES in the top level directory (not in a folder)
on your boot up disk and edit RUNPRG.RES to suit your needs.
RUNPRG.RES is not needed for this program to work, and if it cannot be read
then RUNPRG.ACC will default to reservation of 100k RAM and will use the
file selector box to choose programs to run.
RUNPRG.RES format:
memory,filespec programname
where filespec and programname are optional.
o memory is the total RAM in bytes to be reserved. (If you run stuff from the
desktop or if your GEM applications don't eat all memory, then you can make
this value small.)
o filespec is the total file specification of the program to run everytime
the desk accessory is activated. If it is ommited, then the file selector
is displayed when the accessory is activated.
o programname is a character string which will become the name of the RUNPRG
desk accessory if filespec is supplied.
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Example:
100000,A:\BIN\EMACS.TTP EMACS
will create a desk accessory called EMACS which when selected will run
A:\BIN\EMACS.TTP and give it at least 100000 bytes to work with.
100
will create a desk accessory called 'Execute Prg' which calls a file selector
box when invoked and reserves 100 bytes for programs.
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BUGS:
o .PRG (GEM) programs may crash if run from the desk accessory.
o .TTP programs do not get command lines. (I may fix that later).
o Tricky GEM applications may bomb for strnage reasons if you use
RUNPRG.