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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200002 Date: 03/27/98
From: CHRIS.SHUFFETT@USA.NET                                Time: 04:35am
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Subj: Dos() in TSE 2.8

From: <chris.shuffett@usa.net>
I took a quick crack at this today.
Feel free to make suggestions. :-)
Press <Ctrl F3> to start the macro again.
Put your dos commands in the command window.
Press <Ctrl F5> to execute the command line under the cursor.
Mark several command lines to immediately execute commands one
after the other.
Put a dot in front of a command if you want its screen output
captured.  (ie. redirected to a file)
Tip - I like to run ftp << mycmds.ftp from the tse dos prompt.
where mycmds.ftp contains something like:
open ftp.semware.com
anonymous
dir
First edit mycmds.ftp.  Next <Alt F9> then <Ctrl 0> select 
mycmds.ftp then press <Home> then add ftp << in front of 
mycmds.ftp and hit enter.  Put in the password when prompted.  
Also, regarding the caps problem.  Yup it happended to me.  
I found that if I left caps on in the Win 95 password screen 
that caused it.
integer winid1    = 0
       ,winid2    = 0
       ,tmpbuf1   = 0
       ,tmpbuf2   = 0
string fn[80]  = ""
proc execcmd()
    integer sub1     = 0
           ,isblk    = isBlockInCurrFile()
    string  cmd[255] = ""
    if cmd == ""
    endif
    if winid2 <> WindowId()
        return()
    endif
    if isblk
        PushPosition()
        GotoBlockBegin()
        sub1 = Query(BlockEndLine) - Query(BlockBegLine) + 1
    else
        sub1 = 1
    endif
    repeat
        if isblk
            PushBlock()
        endif
        if GetText(1,1) == "."
            cmd = GetText(2,CurrLineLen())
            if isblk
                msgbox("DOS Command",cmd)
            endif
            Dos(Format(cmd, ">", fn), _DONT_PROMPT_|_TEE_OUTPUT_)
            GotoBufferId(tmpbuf1)
            EndFile()
            AddLine()
            AddLine(cmd)
            AddLine()
            InsertFile(fn)
            UnMarkBlock()
            EraseDiskFile(fn)
            FileChanged(FALSE)
        else
            cmd = GetText(1,CurrLineLen())
            if isblk
                msgbox("DOS Command",cmd)
            endif
            Dos(cmd)
            GotoBufferId(tmpbuf1)
            EndFile()
            AddLine()
            AddLine(cmd)
            FileChanged(FALSE)
        endif
        GotoBufferId(tmpbuf2)
        if isblk
            PopBlock()
            Down()
            if GotoWindow(winid1)
                EndFile()
                GotoWindow(winid2)
                UpdateDisplay(_ALL_WINDOWS_REFRESH_)
            endif
        endif
        sub1 = sub1 - 1
    until sub1 == 0
    if isblk
        PopPosition()
    endif
    if GotoWindow(winid1)
        EndFile()
        GotoWindow(winid2)
    endif
    FileChanged(FALSE)
    UpdateDisplay(_ALL_WINDOWS_REFRESH_)
end
proc main()
    fn = MakeTempName("", ".tmp")
    if winid1 == winid2
    endif
    if fn == ""
    endif
    if isZoomed()
        ZoomWindow()
    endif
    if HWindow()
        winid1 = WindowId()
        if not GotoBufferId(tmpbuf1)
            tmpbuf1 = CreateBuffer("Capture")
        endif
    else
        return()
    endif
    if HWindow()
        winid2 = WindowId()
        if not GotoBufferId(tmpbuf2)
            tmpbuf2 = CreateBuffer("Command")
        endif
    else
        AbandonFile()
        CloseWindow()
        return()
    endif
end
<Ctrl F3>  main()
<Ctrl F5>  execcmd()
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200003 Date: 03/27/98
From: "CHRIS ANTOS (EXCHANGE)"                              Time: 01:12pm
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Subj: Re: UPDATING variables within a ASK() St13:12:3603/27/98

From: "Chris Antos (Exchange)" <chrisant@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com>
right.  so if you're not using environment variables, then try the other
thing i suggested.  write your own routine to parse the user's string and
replace things in it.  there has never been any other way to do such things.
obviously, a string will not magically get updated with correct values
replacing STATION because this is an invented semantic.  so psuedo code for
a routine would be something like:
string stUser
string stTemp
prompt user, put user's response in stUser.
loop thru files, for each file:
	stTemp = stUser
	walk thru stTemp looking for the replacement character you define
		when found, take the word following it and look it up
			(to find end of word, save off the index where
			the word begins, then walk forward some more
			looking for whatever you define as end of word)
		replace the word in stTemp with the looked-up value
			eg, use DelStr and InsStr
	Dos(stTemp)
endloop
//chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Ciccotto, Domenick (Exchange) [mailto:DCICCOTTO@Bear.COM]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 2:16 PM
To: Chris Antos (Exchange); 'Dom Ciccotto'; Semware
Subject: RE: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
STATION is NOT an environment variable it is simply one line from
a List of stations  (Text File)  as shown below.
	proc main
	    < Set  F12  to PopUP a Task Menu and make Settings >
	    < Set  F5    to Start Tasks as of this Point on the list >
	    EditFile()       <---  Loads the list of stations
	end
The idea is to load a text file with station names then Hit a key
to pop-up a list of tasks, pick the Task(s) to do.
Position your cursor on the list.
The second key (F5) says... Single station,  Next x stations, rest of
list.
This works perfectly for about 25 of the most boring tasks.
But when I tried to get fancy and made an entry of  
   "RUN A Command Line Util Against the List."
I found my self with the problem originally stated.
If I go into the macro and "Hard code" the DOS() command with a string
and my variable station..... 
  DOS("DIR "+ rSTATION + "C$\*.*")
        NO PROBLEM.
But when I try to do a "ON THE FLY"  ASK("ENTER Command : ", myCOMMAND)
and try to do a   DOS(myCOMMAND)   the "STATION" within the string 
myCOMMAND never gets updated (as it goes down the list of stations).
  
How can I  reEval / Freshen  a string ???
String = "DIR "+ rSTATION + "C$\*.*"
     Thanks
   Dom Ciccotto
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Antos (Exchange) [SMTP:chrisant@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:38 PM
> To:	'Dom Ciccotto'; Semware
> Subject:	RE: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
> 
> i think you mean "%" not "&".  if "STATION" is an environment variable
> set
> to "foo", then DOS("dir %STATION\*.*") would be executed as "dir
> foo\*.*".
> is that what you mean?
> 
> or you can write a routine that goes thru your string and looks for
> "&<foo>"
> and replaces it with the value of GetGlobalStr("<foo>") or with
> GetEnvVar("<foo>")?  then the user could generically enter any command
> such
> as "dir &WHIFFO &JACKO &PLUGH" and each of those would be replaced
> with the
> appropriate thing.  but i think simplest is to simply use the built-in
> DOS
> functionality of replacing %FOO with the value of the environment
> variable
> FOO.
> 
> //chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dom Ciccotto [mailto:dciccotto@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:10 AM
> To: Semware
> Subject: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
> 
> 
> The following has been a nagging problem.
> 
> How to update a string (taken from the ASK function) which has
> variables built into it.
> 
> I hope the following makes sense.
> It is the outline of a macro which I use to perform many tasks against
> a list of  NT workstations/servers.
> ============================================
> 
> proc main
>     < Set  F12  to PopUP a Task Menu and make Settings >
>     < Set  F5    to Start Tasks as of this Point on the list >
>     EditFile()       <---  a Load the list of stations
> end
> 
> What I do
> =======
> I get a station name and store it to STATION and rSTATION
> (rSTATION= "\\"+STATION+"\")
> The Task Menu is then used to Turn on/off things like:
>   Check Backup Logs,  Check Time/Date on "Key" files,
>   Running command line utils substituting in the station name ....etc.
> 
> What I have not been able to do.
> ======================
> If I Hit <F12> and choose "Run a DOS Command Line Against
> the Station List.  The only way I've been able to do it is.
> 
> ASK( "Enter Your PRE-Station Command : ", PreStationCommand )
> ASK( "Enter Your Post-Station Command : ", PostStationCommand )
> 
> Then when I Hit <F5> it loops the list running
>      DOS( PreStationCommand+" " + rSTATION + PostStationCommand)
>       Simple example:
>           PreStationCommand="DIR"   PostStationCommand= "C$\*.*"
> 
> HOW CAN I TYPE SOMETHING IN ASK() AND HAVE IT UPDATE
> 
> In early DOS programs it was called Macro Substitution and used a "&".
> 
> The command string would be  Command="DIR  &STATION\C$\*.*"
>  and then the program would run   DOS(Command)
> 
> 
>    Dom Ciccotto
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200004 Date: 03/28/98
From: "STEVE WATKINS"                                       Time: 01:26am
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Subj: Re: UPDATING variables within a ASK() St01:26:0203/28/98

From: "Steve Watkins" <steve.watkins@semware.com>
Is the problem that you want to read the information from the buffer into a
string?  If so, see GetText().
Steve Watkins
SemWare Technical Support
-----Original Message-----
From: Ciccotto, Domenick (Exchange) <DCICCOTTO@Bear.COM>
To: 'Chris Antos (Exchange)' <chrisant@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com>; 'Dom
Ciccotto' <dciccotto@worldnet.att.net>; Semware <tsepro@semware.com>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 5:31 PM
Subject: RE: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
>
>STATION is NOT an environment variable it is simply one line from
>a List of stations  (Text File)  as shown below.
>
> proc main
>     < Set  F12  to PopUP a Task Menu and make Settings >
>     < Set  F5    to Start Tasks as of this Point on the list >
>
>     EditFile()       <---  Loads the list of stations
>
> end
>
>The idea is to load a text file with station names then Hit a key
>to pop-up a list of tasks, pick the Task(s) to do.
>
>Position your cursor on the list.
>The second key (F5) says... Single station,  Next x stations, rest of
>list.
>
>This works perfectly for about 25 of the most boring tasks.
>But when I tried to get fancy and made an entry of
>   "RUN A Command Line Util Against the List."
>I found my self with the problem originally stated.
>
>If I go into the macro and "Hard code" the DOS() command with a string
>and my variable station.....
>  DOS("DIR "+ rSTATION + "C$\*.*")
>        NO PROBLEM.
>
>But when I try to do a "ON THE FLY"  ASK("ENTER Command : ", myCOMMAND)
>
>and try to do a   DOS(myCOMMAND)   the "STATION" within the string
>myCOMMAND never gets updated (as it goes down the list of stations).
>
>How can I  reEval / Freshen  a string ???
>String = "DIR "+ rSTATION + "C$\*.*"
>
>
>     Thanks
>   Dom Ciccotto
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Antos (Exchange) [SMTP:chrisant@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:38 PM
>> To: 'Dom Ciccotto'; Semware
>> Subject: RE: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
>>
>> i think you mean "%" not "&".  if "STATION" is an environment variable
>> set
>> to "foo", then DOS("dir %STATION\*.*") would be executed as "dir
>> foo\*.*".
>> is that what you mean?
>>
>> or you can write a routine that goes thru your string and looks for
>> "&<foo>"
>> and replaces it with the value of GetGlobalStr("<foo>") or with
>> GetEnvVar("<foo>")?  then the user could generically enter any command
>> such
>> as "dir &WHIFFO &JACKO &PLUGH" and each of those would be replaced
>> with the
>> appropriate thing.  but i think simplest is to simply use the built-in
>> DOS
>> functionality of replacing %FOO with the value of the environment
>> variable
>> FOO.
>>
>> //chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dom Ciccotto [mailto:dciccotto@worldnet.att.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:10 AM
>> To: Semware
>> Subject: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
>>
>>
>> The following has been a nagging problem.
>>
>> How to update a string (taken from the ASK function) which has
>> variables built into it.
>>
>> I hope the following makes sense.
>> It is the outline of a macro which I use to perform many tasks against
>> a list of  NT workstations/servers.
>> ============================================
>>
>> proc main
>>     < Set  F12  to PopUP a Task Menu and make Settings >
>>     < Set  F5    to Start Tasks as of this Point on the list >
>>     EditFile()       <---  a Load the list of stations
>> end
>>
>> What I do
>> =======
>> I get a station name and store it to STATION and rSTATION
>> (rSTATION= "\\"+STATION+"\")
>> The Task Menu is then used to Turn on/off things like:
>>   Check Backup Logs,  Check Time/Date on "Key" files,
>>   Running command line utils substituting in the station name ....etc.
>>
>> What I have not been able to do.
>> ======================
>> If I Hit <F12> and choose "Run a DOS Command Line Against
>> the Station List.  The only way I've been able to do it is.
>>
>> ASK( "Enter Your PRE-Station Command : ", PreStationCommand )
>> ASK( "Enter Your Post-Station Command : ", PostStationCommand )
>>
>> Then when I Hit <F5> it loops the list running
>>      DOS( PreStationCommand+" " + rSTATION + PostStationCommand)
>>       Simple example:
>>           PreStationCommand="DIR"   PostStationCommand= "C$\*.*"
>>
>> HOW CAN I TYPE SOMETHING IN ASK() AND HAVE IT UPDATE
>>
>> In early DOS programs it was called Macro Substitution and used a "&".
>>
>> The command string would be  Command="DIR  &STATION\C$\*.*"
>>  and then the program would run   DOS(Command)
>>
>>
>>    Dom Ciccotto
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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or
>agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or
account
>activity contained in this communication.
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200005 Date: 03/27/98
From: "CHRIS ANTOS (EXCHANGE)"                              Time: 08:07am
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 0 times)
Subj: Re: UPDATING variables within a ASK() St08:07:5003/27/98

From: "Chris Antos (Exchange)" <chrisant@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com>
i think you mean "%" not "&".  if "STATION" is an environment variable set
to "foo", then DOS("dir %STATION\*.*") would be executed as "dir foo\*.*".
is that what you mean?
or you can write a routine that goes thru your string and looks for "&<foo>"
and replaces it with the value of GetGlobalStr("<foo>") or with
GetEnvVar("<foo>")?  then the user could generically enter any command such
as "dir &WHIFFO &JACKO &PLUGH" and each of those would be replaced with the
appropriate thing.  but i think simplest is to simply use the built-in DOS
functionality of replacing %FOO with the value of the environment variable
FOO.
//chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Dom Ciccotto [mailto:dciccotto@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:10 AM
To: Semware
Subject: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
The following has been a nagging problem.
How to update a string (taken from the ASK function) which has
variables built into it.
I hope the following makes sense.
It is the outline of a macro which I use to perform many tasks against
a list of  NT workstations/servers.
============================================
proc main
    < Set  F12  to PopUP a Task Menu and make Settings >
    < Set  F5    to Start Tasks as of this Point on the list >
    EditFile()       <---  a Load the list of stations
end
What I do
=======
I get a station name and store it to STATION and rSTATION
(rSTATION= "\\"+STATION+"\")
The Task Menu is then used to Turn on/off things like:
  Check Backup Logs,  Check Time/Date on "Key" files,
  Running command line utils substituting in the station name ....etc.
What I have not been able to do.
======================
If I Hit <F12> and choose "Run a DOS Command Line Against
the Station List.  The only way I've been able to do it is.
ASK( "Enter Your PRE-Station Command : ", PreStationCommand )
ASK( "Enter Your Post-Station Command : ", PostStationCommand )
Then when I Hit <F5> it loops the list running
     DOS( PreStationCommand+" " + rSTATION + PostStationCommand)
      Simple example:
          PreStationCommand="DIR"   PostStationCommand= "C$\*.*"
HOW CAN I TYPE SOMETHING IN ASK() AND HAVE IT UPDATE
In early DOS programs it was called Macro Substitution and used a "&".
The command string would be  Command="DIR  &STATION\C$\*.*"
 and then the program would run   DOS(Command)
   Dom Ciccotto
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200006 Date: 03/27/98
From: "CARLO HOGEVEEN"                                      Time: 08:05am
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Subj: Re: Set/GetGlobalStr - speed/limit ?

From: "Carlo Hogeveen" <hyphen@xs4all.nl>
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Antos (Exchange) <chrisant@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com>
To: 'dBit AS' <dbit@sn.no>; tsepro@semware.com <tsepro@semware.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 6:59 PM
Subject: RE: Set/GetGlobalStr - speed/limit ?
>i think a better way to do arrays is to use a buffer.  use
CreateTempBuffer,
>and make each line be an element in the array.
>
>or in the case of your customer.lst, i think it's already in an array
>format, really.  just create a temp buffer and load your customer.lst file.
>you can use lFind("10005", "^g") to find record 10005 (the ^ means the
>string must appear at the beginning of the line which in your case seems to
>be how customer.lst is formatted).
Actually, this is how setglobalstr() and getglobalstr() internally work,
with a hidden buffer, in which the variable name (alias the key value)
is the first word on each line (alias reacord), so that part would be
pointless to program ourselves.
To answer part of the original question: because getglobalstr() and
setglobalstr() work with a hidden file, the number of session global
variables you can add is only limited by internal memory and TSE's
disc swap space.
> if the file is really large and is in
>sorted order, you can even write your own binary search routine to improve
>search speed.
Yes, here you can beat getglobalstr().
Setglobalsstr() adds new variables (keys) to the begin of the hidden buffer,
so getglobalstr() can not do a binary search and is "slow".
>
>//chris
>
Carlo
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dBit AS [mailto:dbit@sn.no]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 3:02 AM
>To: tsepro@semware.com
>Subject: Set/GetGlobalStr - speed/limit ?
>
>
>I have tried using the GetGlobalStr function for a kind of "associative
>arrays" (like Perl).
>
>  EditFile("customer.lst")   --->   10001Customer name # 1
>  Repeat                            10002Customer name # 2....
>    Key = GetText(1,5)
>    Data = GetText(6,30)
>    SetGlobalStr(Key,Data)
>    StopIt()
>    Message(CurrLine())
>  Until Not Down()
>
>After about 255 (I guess) loops this slows down significantly.  Is there
>a smarter way to accomplish this ?  How many SetGlobalStr/Int variables
>can be created - are there any limit at all ??
>
>By the way: I finally got my 2.5 .UI converted to 2.8 - ready for 3.0 :)
>
>- SOI -
>
>
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200007 Date: 03/27/98
From: "CICCOTTO, DOMENICK (EXCHANGE)"                       Time: 08:45am
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 0 times)
Subj: Re: UPDATING variables within a ASK() St08:45:4403/27/98

From: "Ciccotto, Domenick (Exchange)" <DCICCOTTO@Bear.COM>
STATION is NOT an environment variable it is simply one line from
a List of stations  (Text File)  as shown below.
	proc main
	    < Set  F12  to PopUP a Task Menu and make Settings >
	    < Set  F5    to Start Tasks as of this Point on the list >
	    EditFile()       <---  Loads the list of stations
	end
The idea is to load a text file with station names then Hit a key
to pop-up a list of tasks, pick the Task(s) to do.
Position your cursor on the list.
The second key (F5) says... Single station,  Next x stations, rest of
list.
This works perfectly for about 25 of the most boring tasks.
But when I tried to get fancy and made an entry of  
   "RUN A Command Line Util Against the List."
I found my self with the problem originally stated.
If I go into the macro and "Hard code" the DOS() command with a string
and my variable station..... 
  DOS("DIR "+ rSTATION + "C$\*.*")
        NO PROBLEM.
But when I try to do a "ON THE FLY"  ASK("ENTER Command : ", myCOMMAND)
and try to do a   DOS(myCOMMAND)   the "STATION" within the string 
myCOMMAND never gets updated (as it goes down the list of stations).
  
How can I  reEval / Freshen  a string ???
String = "DIR "+ rSTATION + "C$\*.*"
     Thanks
   Dom Ciccotto
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Antos (Exchange) [SMTP:chrisant@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:38 PM
> To:	'Dom Ciccotto'; Semware
> Subject:	RE: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
> 
> i think you mean "%" not "&".  if "STATION" is an environment variable
> set
> to "foo", then DOS("dir %STATION\*.*") would be executed as "dir
> foo\*.*".
> is that what you mean?
> 
> or you can write a routine that goes thru your string and looks for
> "&<foo>"
> and replaces it with the value of GetGlobalStr("<foo>") or with
> GetEnvVar("<foo>")?  then the user could generically enter any command
> such
> as "dir &WHIFFO &JACKO &PLUGH" and each of those would be replaced
> with the
> appropriate thing.  but i think simplest is to simply use the built-in
> DOS
> functionality of replacing %FOO with the value of the environment
> variable
> FOO.
> 
> //chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dom Ciccotto [mailto:dciccotto@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:10 AM
> To: Semware
> Subject: UPDATING variables within a ASK() String
> 
> 
> The following has been a nagging problem.
> 
> How to update a string (taken from the ASK function) which has
> variables built into it.
> 
> I hope the following makes sense.
> It is the outline of a macro which I use to perform many tasks against
> a list of  NT workstations/servers.
> ============================================
> 
> proc main
>     < Set  F12  to PopUP a Task Menu and make Settings >
>     < Set  F5    to Start Tasks as of this Point on the list >
>     EditFile()       <---  a Load the list of stations
> end
> 
> What I do
> =======
> I get a station name and store it to STATION and rSTATION
> (rSTATION= "\\"+STATION+"\")
> The Task Menu is then used to Turn on/off things like:
>   Check Backup Logs,  Check Time/Date on "Key" files,
>   Running command line utils substituting in the station name ....etc.
> 
> What I have not been able to do.
> ======================
> If I Hit <F12> and choose "Run a DOS Command Line Against
> the Station List.  The only way I've been able to do it is.
> 
> ASK( "Enter Your PRE-Station Command : ", PreStationCommand )
> ASK( "Enter Your Post-Station Command : ", PostStationCommand )
> 
> Then when I Hit <F5> it loops the list running
>      DOS( PreStationCommand+" " + rSTATION + PostStationCommand)
>       Simple example:
>           PreStationCommand="DIR"   PostStationCommand= "C$\*.*"
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> HOW CAN I TYPE SOMETHING IN ASK() AND HAVE IT UPDATE
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> In early DOS programs it was called Macro Substitution and used a "&".
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> The command string would be  Command="DIR  &STATION\C$\*.*"
>  and then the program would run   DOS(Command)
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>    Dom Ciccotto
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200008 Date: 03/29/98
From: JOACHIM BECKER                                        Time: 02:35am
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Subj: None

From: Joachim Becker <jbecker1@gwdg.de>
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200009 Date: 03/28/98
From: NICK ALLAN                                            Time: 06:37pm
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Subj: help files

c6a90001
From: Nick Allan <guardian@silas-0.cc.monash.edu.au>
Hi all
A simple question, how do I create help files, ie the ones like
tsehelp.hlp
I'd rather not use a lot of helpdefs if I can avoid it.
Please point me to the section of the manual that explains this as I can't
find it.
thanks in advance for any help.
Regards Nick
        guardian@silas.cc.monash.edu.au
        Nallan@bigfoot.com
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 152 QEDIT         Ref: F4200010 Date: 03/29/98
From: PHILIP THORNTON                                       Time: 09:24am
\/To: GERRIT KUEHN                                        (Read 0 times)
Subj: inserting file

Message <24 Mar 1998 22:48> Gerrit Kuehn (2:241/1130.16) wrote to *.*:
GK> Hallo *.*!
GK> When I insert a file into a TSE-document, I'd like to have added two
GK> lines like this:
GK> -filename.begin-----------------------------------------------------
GK> ----------
GK> [...inserted_file...]