Rodrigo Cesar Banhara wrote in a message to Jack Stein:

 -=> Quoting Jack Stein to Rodrigo Cesar Banhara <=-

 JS> There are a number of tools that require an objectid, for example, I
 JS> have a script that periodically scans my system to determine if the BBS
 JS> is active or not, and restarts it if it crashed, and scripts that shut
 JS> it down before opening an internet session, then waits until the
 JS> internet session ends then automatically loads the BBS.  ObjectID's are
 JS> an intregal part of all this, and they are a good way to open DOS
 JS> sessions with all the settings that the object requires when you can't
 JS> be there to click on an icon. 

 RCB> What progies require objectid? I am curious! =)

REXX requires an objectid if you wish to open an icon using REXX.  WPTOOLS
requires objectid's for some functions that work with objects.  I just
explained above some examples of how I use them.  For example, to open an
object (icon) with REXX one can use this function, and call it with the
objectid:

/**********************************************************************
Open_Object:
 parse ARG Obj_ID
 say "Loading" Obj_ID "... " 
 rcode = sysopenobject('',0,1)
return rcode
/***********************************************************************/

So, the objectid of my BBS is   so from a REXX script I can call the 
above function, passing it "OPUS_BBS" and my DOS BBS will start with all the
DOS_SETTINGS exactly as if I clicked on my BBS ICON.  This can then be
automated to run unattended.  I can also shut down applications, restart them
and do other various things without being here.

                                              Jack 
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