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Phil Crown wrote in a message to Mike Bilow: MB> When I get a chance, what I was going to do was test by passing MB> the main thread of execution into SysSleep() and seeing whether MB> RexxSetHalt() works from the watchdog thread. I know that MB> hitting Ctrl-Break will terminate a Rexx script even if it is MB> in a DLL function such as SysSleep() or FtpGet(), so it is MB> entirely possible that RexxSetHalt() will work. PC> RexxSetHalt() will not kill a call to SysSleep. The Rexx PC> program will die as soon as it returns from SysSleep. PC> I just tested it. I use RexxSetHalt() with Rexx scripts PC> running from my term program when Ctrl-Break is pressed. Then I guess it is back to DosKillProcess(). -- Mike ---* Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 V.34/V.FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107) SEEN-BY: 50/99 78/0 270/101 620/243 711/401 409 410 413 430 808 809 934 955 SEEN-BY: 712/407 515 517 628 713/888 800/1 7877/2809 @PATH: 323/107 170/400 396/1 270/101 712/515 711/808 809 934 |
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