Re: A2 Network Program Launcher?

[CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 11:28:44 -0500, Ron Evry <revry@clark.net> wrote:

>Now I want to launch a keyboarding program off the network. It's inside
>its own folder on the server, and if I escape into the launcher, I can
>maneuver to the folder, open it and run BASIC.SYSTEM, which then
>launches STARTUP and runs the program.
>
>I tried to write my own menu type launcher using Applesoft BASIC, but
>when I tell it to run the program:
>10 PRINT CHR$(4) "-/MACSERVER/FOLDERNAME/BASIC.SYSTEM"
>it launches BASIC, but doesn't see the STARTUP.

Try changing line 10 above to the following and see if it helps:

10 PRINT CHR$(4);"PREFIX /MACSERVER/FOLDERNAME" : PRINT
CHR$(4);"-BASIC.SYSTEM"

You might need to add a slash at the end of the prefix, I can't
remember if it is needed or not right now.

This sets ProDOS' prefix to the folder that contains BASIC.SYSTEM and
STARTUP so when you run BASIC.SYSTEM it should look in the same folder
for the STARTUP file.

What you were doing before was causing BASIC.SYTEM to look for a
STARTUP program in whatever directory you happened to be in when you
ran BASIC.SYSTEM.

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