Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!yBIfwlcYvPp0VbqA9SeaOg.user.46.165.242.75.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kevin Wells Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.programmer Subject: Re: Problem returning from WGET from within an assembler prog Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:05:55 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <59d5e28a96bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <59d600739fbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <6a8503d659.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> <59d6672366bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <59d68649a5bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <13d593d659.Kevin@Kevsoft> <59d6dc7625bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> Injection-Info: gioia.aioe.org; logging-data="14768"; posting-host="yBIfwlcYvPp0VbqA9SeaOg.user.gioia.aioe.org"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@aioe.org"; User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/8.05wpb1 (MsgServe/8.05) (RISC-OS/5.29) NewsHound/v1.52-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.programmer:6357 In message <59d6dc7625bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> Bob Latham wrote: >In article <13d593d659.Kevin@Kevsoft>, > Kevin Wells wrote: > >> >In article , >> > Steve Fryatt wrote: > >> >> Ah. Wimp_StartTask must be called from a Wimp application which >> >> is already calling Wimp_Poll. > >> From BASIC wget is easy to fetch files from the internet I use the >> followiong: > >> SYS "Wimp_StartTask", "wget ... > >> Whilst fetching the computer is single tasking, > >When you say "Basic", I'm starting to think you mean a full wimp >application written in Basic? Yes under DR Wimp Another method I used in my QrCode application is to create an Obey file with just wget ... in it file typed as FEB so that I can have more than 256 characters in it. If going down that route then anything with a % in it will need %% > >Thanks. > >Bob. > -- Kev Wells http://kevsoft.co.uk/ https://ko-fi.com/kevsoft carpe cervisium O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' " Tommy, go away " ;