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echo: os2prog
to: Eric Anderson
from: David Johnson
date: 1994-10-28 13:19:00
subject: Rexx, Sbpro, Modem 2/ 4

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/* Set the variables. */
call keyword arg1a, arg1b
call keyword arg2a, arg2b
call keyword arg3a, arg3b
call keyword arg4a, arg4b
call keyword arg5a, arg5b



/* Load the DLL, initialize MCI REXX support */
rc = RXFUNCADD('mciRxInit','MCIAPI','mciRxInit')
InitRC = mciRxInit()
MciCmd = 'open'

/*
** Check to see if the FILE && DEV variables are valid.
*/
     if FILE'' then
        do
          if DEV'' then
             MciCmd = MciCmd FILE 'type' DEV
          else
             MciCmd = MciCmd FILE
        end
     else if DEV'' then
        MciCmd = MciCmd DEV
     else
           do
             call Help
             exit 0
           end

/*
** Append the rest of the command line.
*/
    MciCmd = MciCmd 'alias rexxalias wait'

/*
** Issue the open command.
*/
    MacRC = SendString(MciCmd)
     if MacRC  0 then signal ErrExit
     else
     do
       if DEV='' then    /* device not specified */
         do     /* determine the device type */
          MacRC = SendString("capability rexxalias device type wait")
          if MacRC  0 then
              do
                 junk = SendString("close rexxalias wait")
                 signal ErrExit
              end
         end
       else   /* set the device specified as the device type */
         RetSt = DEV

       /* If a wave file is to be played then do a status length */
       /* to determine if the wave file exists.  A wave file is  */
       /* the only type of device that if it doesn't exist and   */
       /* you play it, it won't come back as file not found      */
       if TRANSLATE(RetSt) = 'WAVEAUDIO' then
         do
            MacRC = SendString("status rexxalias length wait")
            /* If length is 0 no file exists */
             if MacRC  0 then
              do
                 junk = SendString("close rexxalias wait")
                 signal ErrExit
              end
             if RetSt = 0 then
              do
                 junk = SendString("close rexxalias wait")
                 ErrRC = 70555
                 MacRC = mciRxGetErrorString(ErrRC, 'ErrStVar')
                 say 'mciRxGetErrorString('ErrRC') =' ErrStVar
                 signal ErrExit
              end
         end
     end

/*
** Exercise mciRxGetDeviceID function
*/
DeviceID = mciRxGetDeviceID(""rexxalias"")

/*
**  Check to see if a time format was given.
*/
if TIMEFMT  '' then

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