Topic: shell asynchronously? (1 of 3), Read 20 times Conf: VEDIT Macro Language Support From: Paul Breen Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009 05:02 PM I am trying to shell to another program from vedit with the filename, linenumber and column of the caret if possible. I don't want to shell synchronously by calling cmd.exe unless that is the only way vedit can call another program. I can call vedit this way from other editors but I have not discovered how to call other editors the same way from vedit. Do I have to use a bat file? I could write a program that generates the bat file if that is what has to be done by sending the filename, line and col on the command line. thanks,

Topic: shell asynchronously? (2 of 3), Read 20 times Conf: VEDIT Macro Language Support From: Ian Binnie Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009 07:17 PM On 3/12/2009 5:02:42 PM, Paul Breen wrote: >I am trying to shell to >another program from vedit >with the filename, linenumber >and column of the caret if >possible. I don't want to >shell synchronously by calling >cmd.exe unless that is the >only way vedit can call >another program. I can call >vedit this way from other >editors but I have not >discovered how to call other >editors the same way from >vedit. Do I have to use a bat >file? I could write a program >that generates the bat file if >that is what has to be done by >sending the filename, line and >col on the command >line. thanks, Look at "RUNSHELL - Run Other Programs" in the VEDIT Help

Topic: Re: shell asynchronously? (3 of 3), Read 16 times Conf: VEDIT Macro Language Support From: Ted Green Date: Friday, March 13, 2009 03:49 PM At 05:03 PM 3/12/2009, you wrote: >From: "Paul Breen" > >I am trying to shell to another program from vedit with the filename, linenumber and column of the caret if possible. I don't want to shell synchronously by calling cmd.exe unless that is the only way vedit can call another program. I can call vedit this way from other editors but I have not discovered how to call other editors the same way from vedit. >Do I have to use a bat file? I could write a program that generates the bat file if that is what has to be done by sending the filename, line and col on the command line. >thanks, Try this test command to understand the process: itoa(cur_line,10) itoa(cur_col,11) sys("Echo Line = |@(10) Column = |@(11)",dos) If you are shelling to a Windows program which accepts parameters, you should be able to leave the "DOS" option off. The Sys() command has many options. Ted.