Yes! And some other VERY applicable tidbits. Thanks.

Leon Wagner wrote:
> The FAQ is available as faq-o-static.zip. There's a download link on our home page, near the bottom of the sidebar on the right side:
>
> http://www.forth.com
>
> Download and unzip it, then open the HTML file. It's all in one big file. Search for "ShellExecute". I think the item you're looking for will be the 2nd one as you scroll down.
>
> --Leon
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com
>>[mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Richard Owlett
>>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 4:29 PM
>>To: sftalk_at_forth.com
>>Subject: [sftalk] Revisiting running Windows(tm) apps from SwiftForth
>>
>>After several years delay I have a need again to externally
>>control some
>>Window apps that aren't designed for that. An equivalent of VBA's
>>"AppActivate" and "SendKeys" would do nicely.
>>
>>I'm finding useful info in the archives.
>>
>>While looking I came across post titled "New FAQ Post: Executing
>>ShellExecute using Params from a Text File" by Bob Nash (Nov 22 2002).
>>
>>In it he states:
>>"My recent post to the FAQ is located at:
>>http://www.forth.com/cgi-bin/swiftforth?file=176
>>
>>The posted code produces a turnkey executable, SHEX.EXE, that will
>>perform the ShellExecute API call using parameters specified in a
>>text file. The default name of the text file is SHEX.txt, but you
>>can specify any file you want as a commandline parameter
>>(e.g., SHEX my
>>text parameters.txt)."
>>
>>Unfortunately the FAQ's are no longer.
>>Is the code available somewhere else or could someone post it.
>>
>>I suspect it will point me in direction of solving some problems.
>>TIA
>>
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