On  in a message to PHIL PATTENGALE, Mike Bilow wrote:

PP> I am trying to modify a rexx script (used to do FTP
PP> transfers of Fidonet echomail) and need to restart my dos
PP> mailer (dbridge) after completion.

PP> Originally, I was just calling hstart to fire up the batch,
PP> but that loads DB's internal X00 instead of SIO's vx00.  So,
PP> how can I fire up the correct program object from within a
PP> rexx script?

MB> Reference VX00 globally as a DEVICE in CONFIG.SYS.

That treats the symptoms, by loading VX00 in _every_ DOS shell.
There is a way to do what you asked: loading the program object for
your mailer from REXX.

In the RexxUtil function package that comes with OS/2, there's a
function called SysOpenObject() (assuming that you're using Warp -
if you're using OS/2 2.x, you can use SysSetObjectData()) that will
open a program object given its object ID.

So what you need to do is create an object with an ID (OS/2
unfortunately doesn't supply one by default), and copy the settings
of your current object into the new object.

The following REXX script will create an object with the ID
 if you run it with the parameter "/CREATE", and will
open a default view of that object otherwise.

---Begin MYMAILER.CMD-----don't-cut-here---you'll-ruin-your-monitor--
/* rexx */

objID = ''       /* Change to whatever you want */

/* load RexxUtil library - not necessary if loaded already -- I load
   mine in STARTUP.CMD */

call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
call SysLoadFuncs

parse upper arg create rest
if create = '/CREATE' then
    rc = SysCreateObject('WPProgram',, /* create a program object */
        'My Mailer',,          /* with this title */
        '',,       /* on the desktop */
        'OBJECTID='objID,,     /* assign an object ID */
        'fail')                /* fail if the object exists */
else
    rc = SysOpenObject(objID, default, 1)
/* use
    rc = SysSetObjectData(objID, 'OPEN=DEFAULT')
   in OS/2 2.x -- SysOpenObject() hadn't been included yet */
---End   MYMAILER.CMD-----don't-cut-here---you'll-ruin-your-monitor--


Ed Blackman

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