rusty@nmsu-ee.UUCP (Rusty Baldwin) (10/14/87)
Is there any interest out there from people who use DESQview,
Windows, etc. for a program which will allow you to pass parameters
to programs which normally requires the parameters to be on the command
line ?
The scenario is this: In DESQview you are able to pass parameters to
a program you wish to run but the parameters are static (i.e. cannot
change from run to run). This creates a problem when you want to run
a program , say, an editor such as MS EDLIN which requires the file
to edit to be specified on the command line. Within DESQview you would
have to be content with editing the same file over and over or running
a copy of DOS and THEN running your editor. Or perhaps you would like
to run the same program over and over but with different configuration
switches from time to time. For instance PROCOMM using direct screen write
option or the BIOS screen write option.
I have written a program which will accept interactively the parameters
you wish to pass to a program you want to run and then 'fool' the program
into thinking that the parameters were on the command line. If anyone
is interested I would be happy to post it to the net.
The program PARAPASS (for parameter pass :-) ) in NOT memory resident
and requires about 2K of memory to do it's thing. It was written in A86
assembly language and the source would be provided. Anybody interested?
Rusty Baldwin
nmsu-ee!rustyralf@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralf Brown) (10/18/87)
In article <180007@nmsu-ee.UUCP> rusty@nmsu-ee.UUCP (Rusty Baldwin) writes: >The scenario is this: In DESQview you are able to pass parameters to >a program you wish to run but the parameters are static (i.e. cannot >change from run to run). [...] > > Rusty Baldwin > nmsu-ee!rusty You should upgrade to DESQview 2.0, which allows prompted parameters on a program's command line, along with many other enhancements (HGC, VGA, MCGA support, mark&transfer more than 1 screenful at a time, 37K more RAM available if you have exTended RAM, up to 60 programs loaded at once,...) Std. Disc.: I'm just a satisfied customer. -- {harvard,uunet,ucbvax}!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=- AT&T: (412)268-3053 (school) ARPA: RALF@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU |4 line .sigs|"I do not fear computers.|DISCLAIMER? FIDO: Ralf Brown at 129/31 | are a pain | I fear the lack of |I claimed BITnet: RALF%B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA | them..." --Isaac Asimov |something?
nadkarni@erlang.dec.com (Ashok P. Nadkarni DTN 226-7448) (10/21/87)
Rusty Baldwin writes - >Is there any interest out there from people who use DESQview, >Windows, etc. for a program which will allow you to pass parameters >to programs which normally requires the parameters to be on the command >line ? God bless you Rusty :-)! That's just what I need. Please post it. I don't feel like shelling out 50 bucks for the DESQview 2.0 upgrade when that is the only additional feature I would use. /Ashok Nadkarni Digital Equipment Corporation PS Sorry to post this but I couldn't get thru to Rusty.