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- From: claudio.fahey@idcbbs.uu.holonet.net (Claudio Fahey)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: calling os2 from win/os2 query
- Message-ID: <498.1034.uupcb@idcbbs.uu.holonet.net>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 13:44:00 GMT
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- Organization: IDC BBS - Alameda, CA - 510-865-7115
- Reply-To: claudio.fahey@idcbbs.uu.holonet.net (Claudio Fahey)
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- To: AXIOM@cup.portal.com (Lowell D Kaufman)
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- LDK> I am wondering if it is possible to call an OS/2 executable program
- LDK> from a windows program in os2 2.0 (win/os2).
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- LDK> Specifically, if a user is in a toolbook (windows multimedia program)
- LDK> application, I would like it to be possible to double click on an icon
- LDK> and call up Knowledgeware's ADW program, an OS2 product. Is this
- LDK> possible from Windows??
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- I doubt you could do it directly but you could probably do it using
- a named pipe. You could create a small OS/2 program that runs in the
- background and waits for a named pipe and runs the OS/2 program when
- the necessary information goes through the named pipe.
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