lordbah@bisco.kodak.COM (Lord Bah) (03/07/91)
1. I can't get it going when using the "-n" option. Xoper shows that
Handshake is started, and sometimes it opens an "Auto-Dialer" window,
but it never dials the number or puts any text in that window, which
it shouldn't have opened anyway...
2. When I run the ARexx program with the Handshake display on, I still
have problems. The most obvious is, after setting the protocol to
ASCII and starting HS_RECEIVE('tmp:foobar'), Handshake pops up a
requester saying "File open failed". After I acknowledge this, it
continues on its merry way, having managed to open the file just
fine. What's it complaining about?
The more subtle problem is that HS_GETSTR doesn't always find the
string it's been told to look for, although it does appear on the
screen. Makes scripting very difficult.
3. If HS_TIMEOUT is set to some very high value, Handshake refuses to
let you quit, abort the macro, or do anything else. It locks itself
away in a small padded cell until the time has passed, then it once
more recognizes your existence.
All I'm trying to do is automatically download messages from a couple of
BBSes (so I can read them quickly with my newsreader, which allows me to
use KILL files). Not exactly rocket science, but I'm not having any luck.
Does anyone successfully use Handshake 2.20c for such a thing?
I thought that next I'd try to figure out VLT's ARexx commands, but the
archive I downloaded (VLTjr5034) has zippo documentation on both the ARexx
commands supported and VLT's own script language. Whaddaya think gang,
is it worthwhile to send away for the free 114 page manual?
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