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!SLIPdial/Resources/UK/Help/taskwindow
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| Filename: | !SLIPdial/Resources/UK/Help/taskwindow |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 052D bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
taskwindow [/name=<name>] [/size=<nK>] [/exit=<command>] [/wait] [/keep]
[/output=<filename>] "<external command>"
Starts a taskwindow process.
/name name for task manager (default is "SDtaskn", where n is a number).
/size sets wimpslot size for task (default is size of "Next" slot).
/exit defines command to execute when task terminates
/output sets file to store output in (if no file specified, all output
goes to a buffer window).
/nooutput prevents an output window from being opened, though the data
is still buffered internally as if a window were present.
/wait forces the script to wait for the started task to finish. Otherwise,
script execution continues as soon as the task starts (the "/exit"
command, if any, being added to the event queue when the task
finishes).
/keep causes the buffer window, if any, to be kept onscreen after the
task finishes. Otherwise, the window is deleted as the task exits.
The slipdial taskwindow "slot" cannot be re-used until the window
is closed.
It is possible to combine the "/wait" and "/exit" qualifiers, but also
pointless!
taskwindow /kill=<id>
kills the given taskwindow.
taskwindow /suspend=<id>
taskwindow /resume=<id>
these commands suspend or resume a taskwindow.
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Otherwise,. | 000002b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 65 78 | script ex| 000002c0 65 63 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 |ecution continue| 000002d0 73 20 61 73 20 73 6f 6f 6e 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 |s as soon as the| 000002e0 20 74 61 73 6b 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 28 74 68 | task starts (th| 000002f0 65 20 22 2f 65 78 69 74 22 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e "/exit". | 00000300 20 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 2c 20 69 66 20 61 6e | command, if an| 00000310 79 2c 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 74 |y, being added t| 00000320 6f 20 74 68 65 20 65 76 65 6e 74 20 71 75 65 75 |o the event queu| 00000330 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 0a |e when the task.| 00000340 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 73 | finishes| 00000350 29 2e 0a 20 2f 6b 65 65 70 20 20 63 61 75 73 65 |).. /keep cause| 00000360 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 66 66 65 72 20 77 69 6e |s the buffer win| 00000370 64 6f 77 2c 20 69 66 20 61 6e 79 2c 20 74 6f 20 |dow, if any, to | 00000380 62 65 20 6b 65 70 74 20 6f 6e 73 63 72 65 65 6e |be kept onscreen| 00000390 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 | after the. | 000003a0 20 20 20 74 61 73 6b 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 73 | task finishes| 000003b0 2e 20 4f 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 2c 20 74 68 65 |. Otherwise, the| 000003c0 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 73 20 64 65 6c 65 74 | window is delet| 000003d0 65 64 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 20 65 |ed as the task e| 000003e0 78 69 74 73 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 |xits.. Th| 000003f0 65 20 73 6c 69 70 64 69 61 6c 20 74 61 73 6b 77 |e slipdial taskw| 00000400 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 22 73 6c 6f 74 22 20 63 61 6e |indow "slot" can| 00000410 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 72 65 2d 75 73 65 64 20 75 |not be re-used u| 00000420 6e 74 69 6c 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 0a |ntil the window.| 00000430 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 69 73 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 | is close| 00000440 64 2e 0a 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 |d.. 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