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- Run Copyright 1989, 1990 by Dragons Eye Software
- Last Updated: 06/18/90 Version 1.2
- Michael S. Harrison CIS 76057,101
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- RUN.EXE is a Windows program that executes other windows programs.
- Run was created because I needed some way to execute more than one
- application from the DOS command line and I could not find anything
- that would do this for me (without costing me memory or more time
- than I could afford) hence Run was born.
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- To use Run just execute it from the DOS command line as:
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- WIN RUN <APPNAME...>
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- APPNAME... can be one or more application names separated by commas that
- are either in the current directory or along the path variable. For example:
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- WIN RUN CONTROL, CLOCK.EXE, TERMINAL
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- Will execute the Control Panel, Windows Clock and the Windows Terminal
- program in that order as though the user had clicked on them from the
- MSDOS executive.
- Run assumes that the program will have an extension of .EXE if no
- extension is supplied.
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- To use Run from the MSDOS Executive just select File/Run and type in:
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- RUN <APPNAME...>
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- APPNAME... here is the same as above.
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- You may also add a command line to the program that you are telling Run to
- execute. For Example:
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- RUN CONTROL, WRITE TEST.DOC, CLOCK
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- Will execute the Control Panel then Run will execute Write with the
- command line "TEST.DOC" so that Write will open the file upon startup,
- and then Run will execute the Clock application.
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- ***** New with version 1.2
- You may now add an entry to your WIN.INI that will cause Run to
- startup with a default command line. If you start Run with no
- command line and the following two (2) lines:
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- [DE-RUN]
- Command="write, control, notepad win.ini"
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- are in your WIN.INI, then Run will automatically use the above string
- as the command line to execute. The string "write, control, notepad win.ini"
- shown above should be replaced with a set of programs you want
- executed.
- If you do not have the above entry in your WIN.INI and you start
- Run with a blank command line, then Run will attempt to open your
- WIN.INI file using the Notepad application. To Prevent this you
- should add the two lines shown above to your WIN.INI and set Command
- to "". For example:
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- [DE-RUN]
- Command=""
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- will cause Run to do nothing at all if started with a blank command
- line.
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- If you see the message: "Invalid WIN.INI Entry" and the Notepad
- opens with your WIN.INI file displayed then Run could not find the
- Command entry in the [DE-RUN] section of your WIN.INI file. In order
- to prevent this happening again you should make certain that the
- section in your WIN.INI matches that shown above.
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- If you have any questions or comments please message me at the above
- Compuserve address.
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- Revision History
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- 06/18/90 1.2 Added an entry in the WIN.INI that allows the
- user to execute Run with a default command line.
- Useful when loading several apps when starting
- Windows.
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- 06/15/90 1.1 Implemented separate command lines for the
- programs that Run executes.
- converted for Windows 3.0
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- 1.0 Initial release for Win 2.11 - no frills version.
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