Subj : exec_xtrn issues..
To   : Bill McGarrity
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jan 24 2018 01:27 pm

 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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