Jim, You don't say, so I'm going to assume UniVerse here.
Yes, there are two ways you can do this in BASIC. EXECUTE creates a new workspace, so you need to either change to using PERFORM (which doesn't) or pass the prompt answers into that workspace. Here are the two syntaxes. Given the following test program: PROGRAM testWithPrompts Crt 'Enter something : ': Input Something Crt 'And something else : ': Input SomethingElse Crt 'You entered ':Something: ' ' : SomethingElse Crt "That's All Folks" STOP 1. Using DATA with Perform: DATA "Hello" DATA "World" PERFORM "testWithPrompts" STOP 2. Redirecting input to the new workspace: Prompts = 'Hello' : @FM :'World' Execute 'testWithPrompts', IN. < Prompts STOP Result: RUN test.bp testPrompts Enter something : And something else : You entered Hello World That's All Folks Brian -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of James Patrick Volkman Sent: 13 May 2010 6:13 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] WORKING WITH PROMPTS I'd like to start off by saying I'm not a programmer. I'm trying to automate the running of a terminal program using the EXECUTE command in BASIC. When the program initiates a prompt comes up. I want to gain control of the prompt and send keys to the terminal. Is there a means in BASIC to gain control of the Prompt the way you would using WinActivate? I use a scripting language that allows you to send keys to the terminal using TERMKEY. Is there a way to do this in BASIC? I don't want to use Sendkeys because of the risk involved. This doesn't work. DATA "Y" DATA "N" EXECUTE "PROGRAM" Jim Volkman San Rafael, CA http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesvolkman _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2868 - Release Date: 05/11/10 19:40:00 _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
