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- This program was originally published in the Microsoft Systems Journal, by William J. Wen.
- I could not get it to compile as published, so I made some modifications, but I take no
- credit (or responsibility) for the original idea.
-
- I can be reached at Justin Alcorn 1:157/200.63@fidonet (fakenet 1037/63)
-
- This is the help screen from the program:
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- An alternate version of the OS/2 START command = C:\START2.EXE
- By William J. Wen
-
- Revision by Justin B. Alcorn
- parameters:
- >┬┬───────────┬┬───┬┬─────┬┬──────┬┬───┬┬────┬┬───┬command┬──────────┬┬
- │└"pgm title"┘├/K─┤├/NAC─┤│ │└/F─┘├/FS─┤└/I─┘ └cmd inputs┘│
- │ ├/C─┤├/INV─┤│ │ ├/PM─┤ │
- │ └/N─┘├/MAX─┤│ │ └/WIN┴┬──────────┐ │
- │ └/MIN─┘│ │ ├/POS=(x,y)┤ │
- │ │ │ └/SIZ=(x,y)┘ │
- │ ├/ICON─┴─────────────────────────┐ │
- │ └/ICON=<fully qualified filename>┘ │
- │ ┌─ /? ─┐ │
- └───────────────┼─ ? ─┼──────────────────────────────────────────┘
- └─ /Help ─┘
-
- "pgm title" : Specifies the program title displayed in the PM menu:
- MUST have a space inside quotes. Space as first char in
- quotes will be removed i.e. " Demo" becomes "Demo".
- /K : Start the program using COMSPEC= env string, with /K.
- /C : Start the program using COMSPEC= env string, with /C.
- /N : Start the program directly, without using COMSPEC=.
- command : Command or program (.EXE or .CMD) to be started.
- cmd inputs : Parameters for the command
-
- /I : Causes new session to inherit env. from CONFIG.SYS
- /ICON=... : Use icon file: the filename must be fully qualified
- /ICON : Use default icon file: the icon file must be in the same
- directory as the program, and must have the same name
- as the program file, but with a .ICO extension
- /FS : Start the program full screen.
- /WIN : Start the program in a window.
- /POS=(x,y) : Start window at coordinates. (0,0) is lower left corner.
- /SIZ=(x,y) : Start window with size of (x,y) pixels.
- /PM : Start the program in a PM window.
- /F : Start the program in the foreground. This is different
- from the OS/2 START cmd; you MUST specify /F to start
- the program in the foreground, even with /WIN or /PM.
- /NAC : Specify No Automatic Close after the session ends.
- /INV : Specify No Icon for session (invisible).
- /MIN : Start the session minimized.
- /MAX : Start the session maximized.
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