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- From: dwright@indirect.com
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Subject: Re: New user questions
- Date: 27 Mar 1996 14:55:38 GMT
- Organization: Internet Direct, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4jbkta$ckt@globe.indirect.com>
- References: <3158b83a.11155818@newsserver.epix.net>
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- In <3158b83a.11155818@newsserver.epix.net>, jpg@epix.net writes:
- >(1) Each piece of REXX documentation I have read says that the way to
- >start a REXX pgm is to type the name of the pgm on a OS/2 command
- >line. Is there any reason I shouldn't create a desktop icon for a
- >REXX pgm? It seems to work fine - can something bad happen that I
- >don't know about? BTW, the REXX pgms run on a OS/2 2.11 fileserver,
- >which I cannot reboot on a whim due to user concerns.
- >(2) I have a REXX script that calls a number of MicroFocus COBOL pgms
- >and performs some DB2/2 functions as well. The script runs fine.
- >Each pgm executes, then returns to REXX and goes on to the next pgm -
- >one after another. I wrote the same script with VXREXX and the script
- >raced from start to finish, not waiting for each COBOL pgm to finish
- >before it started the next! I understand (I think) that the VXREXX is
- >multi-threaded, but I want it to be single-threaded. Can I change
- >each CALL PGM statement somehow to force VXREXX to wait before going
- >on?
- >Your thoughts are most appreciated!
- > - - jpg@epix.net
- >
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- Did you try:
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- 'ADDRESS CMD program.dir.and.name'
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