From rhoskins@home.com Mon Jun 14 04:44:41 1999 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id EAA32194 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:44:40 -0700 Received: from ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.06) with ESMTP id EAA27237 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:44:40 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA24720; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:44:39 -0700 Message-ID: <002b01beb65b$42aa78a0$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: "WAPHGIS" , Subject: Running MI Basic in Kedit Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:44:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0028_01BEB620.9611A4E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01BEB620.9611A4E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear GISers: I used KEDIT for my general program code editor, usually = SAS, etc since editors in these programs (like MapBasic) are so limited. = I want to be able to run the file I am working on in MapBasic. In Kedit = there is a WINEXEC command that allows one to run a WINDOWS program, so = on the command line I can run "WINEXED notepad" and notepad appears. = Can this sort of thing be done in MapBasic? What do I put where = "notepad" is on the example and get back what I would have gotten if I = had run it in MapBasic?=20 Also I recall that there was a Canadian fellow who was producing a small = book on MapBasic with hints, etc, and I even contacted him but there = were problems with getting payment to him, etc, and since he has dropped = off my radar screen. If you are out there, I'd like to hear from you. (I = really need all the hints and instruction I can get..!)=20 Finally I am working in 5.5 now, performance seems drastically better. Thanks a lot Richard E. Hoskins=20 GIS & Spatial Epidemiology Group WA State Dept. of Health 1102 Quince Street Olympia, WA 98504-7812 Tel: (360) 236-4270 rhoskins@home.com reh0303@doh.wa.gov ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01BEB620.9611A4E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear GISers:  I used KEDIT for my = general=20 program code editor, usually SAS, etc since editors in these programs = (like=20 MapBasic) are so limited. I want to be able to run the file I am working = on in MapBasic. In Kedit there is a WINEXEC command that allows one = to run=20 a WINDOWS program, so on the command line I can run "WINEXED notepad" = and=20 notepad appears. Can this sort of thing be done in MapBasic? What do I = put where=20 "notepad" is on the example and get back what I would have gotten if I = had run=20 it in MapBasic?
 
Also I recall that there was a Canadian = fellow who=20 was producing a small book on MapBasic with hints, etc, and I even = contacted him=20 but there were problems with getting payment to him, etc, and since he = has=20 dropped off my radar screen. If you are out there, I'd like to hear from = you. (I=20 really need all the hints and instruction I can get..!)
 
Finally I am working in 5.5 now, = performance seems=20 drastically better.
 
Thanks a lot
 
Richard E. Hoskins
GIS & = Spatial=20 Epidemiology Group
WA State Dept. of Health
1102 Quince = Street
Olympia,=20 WA 98504-7812
Tel: (360) 236-4270
rhoskins@home.com
reh0303@doh.wa.gov
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