-=> Quoting Lars Hellsten to All <=-

 LH> My patience has worn a little to thin to try and figure this one out
 LH> on  my own.  How exactly does one go about executing a program?  I want
 LH> to be able to run a DOS *or* OS/2 text mode program from within mine
 LH> (my program has no idea beforehand whether it's a DOS or OS/2 program
 LH> that's being run).

    Yer gonna shoot your foot for this... In VP..

Uses DOS;
BEGIN
exec(program_name,parameters);
end.

This will run either an OS/2 native app or a DOS app and wait for it to 
complete and return DOSEXITCODE as you're used to. My advice, stop looking for 
the hard way and try the familiar first .

Dave...


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