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Re: Simple Menu Program ?

mdj wrote:

On Apr 2, 6:01 am, "Jeff Blakeney" <jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-
dsu-this> wrote:



maybe -program ?



?chr$(4);"-program"


I just tried it again to be sure but yes, this works.  If you boot into
GS/OS and then launch BASIC.SYSTEM, you can type something like "-TEACH"
and it will exit BASIC.SYSTEM and execute the S16 application.  Quitting
from that application will take you back to you GS/OS launcher.



As long as you use the most recent version fo BASIC.SYSTEM (1.5) this
works fine. Prior releases did not grok the S16 filetype.

Evidently some hackery was added to BASIC.SYSTEM to transfer control
back to GS/OS - keeping in mind it will only work if the GS was booted
into GS/OS in the first place.


BASIC.SYSTEM should just do a ProDOS QUIT call, so the hackery
should be confined to ProDOS.

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