Hello Rob!

11 Mar 95 16:59, Rob Landley wrote to Gary Chambers:

 >> I'm trying to call CEXYZ2.EXE from a program I've written
 >> (using spawnl()). Even with the correct parameters passed, I
 >> still receive a NO CARRIER message. However, when I shell to
 >> DOS from Max/2, I can very successfully perform the transfer
 >> (from the command line).

Assuming cmdline is an array of characters and RecvThreadID is a TID you're
running to get stuff from the modem, call CEXY2 like this:

   sprintf(cmdline,
        "xyzbatch.cmd KNOCK.LOG /L19200 /B14400 /P%d /Rz",
        PortHandle);

   DosSuspendThread(RecvThreadID);
   system(cmdline);
   DosResumeThread(RecvThreadID);

- xyzbatch.cmd is the batchfile George Hatchew includes in the XZY2-100.
  archive.

- make sure you're passing a warm port handle to the ftp! A common error
  is to provide a COM? designation or DOS-style port number. No good!
  you need the port handle you got when you opened the device with
  DosOpen.

- make sure you suspend the thread you're using to collect
  characters from the modem. Else, the ftp won't be able to
  get them, will it?

- don't forget to restart the receive thread!

:-)
...awg


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