open process

Simon Lord (simonl@cae.ca)
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 17:28:51 -0400

I need an actual sample of the "open process" command. I keep trying
but I think I'm missing the point here, I need to run a process in a
shell but not have that process hog MetaCard until it's complete.

Please give me an actual xTalk example using something like "confirm".

IE., for the sake of argument, lets say I want to send someone the IRIX
command "confirm" using MetaCard. It would look something like this:

> put shell("setenv DISPLAY viper:0;confirm -b \
> Cancel -b OK -t "&quote&"Do you eat at McSpews?"&quote&" \
> -i question &"&";time") into tResponce

This is a simple app but imagine the twit on the other end not answering
it, MetaCard would wait all day!

In the event that I may embarass myself, I will refrain from posting
what I thought should work.

Cheers,
Simon

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