Subj : exec_xtrn issues..
To   : Bill McGarrity
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jan 24 2018 13:27:24

  Re: exec_xtrn issues..
  By: Bill McGarrity to Digital Man on Wed Jan 24 2018 10:54 am

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity on 01-19-18 17:36 <=-
 >
 >  DM>   Re: exec_xtrn issues..
 >  DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to digital man on Fri Jan 19 2018 07:38 pm
 >
 >  > Hiya Rob...
 >
 >  > Have you had a chance to look into my issue with using the exec_xtrn
 >  > command in the default.src?
 >
 >  > I've gone over the entry about 10 times making sure I have typed it
 >  > correctly, compiled it where baja sends no warning message.
 >
 >  DM> I don't see the thread in here. You asked in a different message area?
 >
 >  DM> Anyway, if you can copy/paste SCFG setup screen for the external
 >  DM> program you're trying to execute and then the revelant Baja source
 >  DM> line, that might help identify the problem.
 >
 > OK... here ya go...
 >
 > Name                       FTN Address Lookup
 > Internal Code              FTNADDRE
 > Start-up Directory         ../xtrn/ftn
 > Command Line               FNLSCAN -Cfnlscan.cfg -D%F
 > Clean-up Command Line
 > Execution Cost             None
 > Access Requirements
 > Execution Requirements
 > Multiple Concurrent Users  Yes
 > Intercept I/O              No
 > Native Executable          No
 > Use Shell to Execute       Yes
 > Modify User Data           No
 > Execute on Event           No
 > Pause After Execution      No
 > BBS Drop File Type         GAP             DOOR.SYS
 > Place Drop File In         Node Directory
 >
 >
 > And the command line I'm using in the default.src under the E-mail sections
 > is:
 >
 > cmdkey L
 >      exec_xtrn "FTNADDRE"
 >
 >      end_cmd
 >
 > Now if I go the external section and choose the door entry it works fine.
 > Just not when I choose 'L' in the Mail Section.

What does happen when you hit 'L' in the mail section? If you had a debug
"print" line, do you see the output? You are re-compiling default.src with
Baja?

You could try removing the quotes around the internal-code (just: exec_xtrn
FTNADDRE) as well, though I think it should work either way.

                                            digital man

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