Hello Chip,
You're right, that's what I'm looking for; I want to be able to click on
the Rexx program of my choice and have it write its output (and trace output)
to a powerShell window instead of a DOS window.
Leslie
On 12/03/2013, you wrote:
> I may be out in left field here, but I think Leslie is asking about
> creating a Windows shortcut that invokes the Powershell instead of the
> Command Prompt shell.
>
> I'm interested in the answer as well.
>
> In XP, when you Create Shortcut, it doesn't seem to give you any way
> to specify which shell you wish to invoke on a double-click, just
> "Normal window", "maximized", and "minimized".
>
> -Chip-
>
> On 12/3/2013 09:59 Mark Miesfeld said:
>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 10:44 PM, J. Leslie Turriff
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Mark,
>> Yes, I was hoping that there is a way to tell the interpreter
>> to use the
>> powerShell instead of the DOS shell; or is that something that's
>> hard-coded
>> in the interpreter binary?
>>
>>
>> Hi Leslie,
>>
>> I'm not really following what you are getting at. I never bothered
>> with PowerShell, maybe that's why I'm not following you.
>>
>> I gave it a quick try, Rexx programs work pretty much as I would expect.
>>
>> Windows PowerShell
>> Copyright (C) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx> cd
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx> cd .\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples> dir
>>
>>
>> Directory: C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples
>>
>>
>> Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
>> ---- ------------- ------ ----
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:52 PM bmp
>> d---- 9/13/2013 10:47 AM controls
>> d---- 11/15/2013 8:17 AM examples
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM menus
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM mouse
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM oleinfo
>> d---- 11/22/2013 10:34 AM ooRexxTry
>> d---- 11/20/2013 6:56 AM propertySheet.tabControls
>> d---- 9/11/2013 9:23 PM rc
>> d---- 12/1/2013 1:50 PM res
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM resizableDialogs
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM simple
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM sysinfo
>> d---- 11/22/2013 10:35 AM tutorial
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM userGuide
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM wav
>> d---- 6/5/2013 4:53 PM winsystem
>> -a--- 12/2/2013 7:19 PM 10877 AnimalGame.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 9:07 AM 12290 calculator.rex
>> -a--- 1/3/2013 9:14 AM 8862 editrex.rex
>> -a--- 1/3/2013 9:15 AM 8633 ftyperex.rex
>> -a--- 1/3/2013 9:15 AM 24779 GUI_Template.rex
>> -a--- 12/2/2013 7:20 PM 17617 oobandit.rex
>> -a--- 11/22/2013 10:53 AM 5927 oobmpvu.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 9:38 AM 7734 oodpbar.rex
>> -a--- 1/3/2013 9:15 AM 3368 ooDraw.h
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 9:33 AM 27899 oodraw.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 9:41 AM 11319 oodStandardDialogs.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 9:40 AM 14102 oodStandardRoutines.rex
>> -a--- 12/2/2013 7:20 PM 10882 oograph.rex
>> -a--- 7/10/2012 5:38 PM 766 oophil.ico
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 8:33 AM 17349 oophil.rex
>> -a--- 12/2/2013 7:21 PM 7144 oovideo.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 8:48 AM 11228 oowalk2.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 8:59 AM 10287 oowalker.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 8:20 AM 6577 sample.rex
>> -a--- 11/18/2013 9:16 AM 3802 samplesSetup.rex
>>
>>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples> .\AnimalGame.rex
>>
>> And the AnimalGame.rex example executed as normal.
>>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples> vs quick.rex
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples> quick
>> quick : The term 'quick' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,
>> function, script file, or operable
>> program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included,
>> verify that the path is correct and try
>>
>> So, the PowerShell takes the rather Unix-like approach of not
>> executing programs in the current directory. Try again:
>>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples> rexx quick.rex
>> Hello World!
>> What is your name?
>> Mark
>> Hello Mark!
>>
>> So, my quick Rexx program runs as expected.
>>
>> Try again:
>>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples>
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples> .\quick
>> Hello World!
>> What is your name?
>> Mark
>> Hello Mark!
>> PS C:\work.ooRexx\wc\ooDialog\trunk\examples>
>>
>> So - ooRexx works fine in PowerShell.
>>
>> --
>> Mark Miesfeld
>
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