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| From | Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Very rusty programmer here |
| Date | 2019-10-07 03:05 +0000 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <qnea24$e9j$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <57feeb479bbrian.jordan9@btinternet.com> |
Am Sun, 06 Oct 2019 23:31:09 +0100 schrieb Brian Jordan: > Same rusty programmer - new problem... > > I /think I know/ that it is possible to read a system variable and to > use the result within a BASIC program. After a fruitless evening with > the PRM I wonder if someone could drop me a hint? "OS_ReadVarVal" should do the trick ... > For instance I know that, eg using *SHOW, I see that Alias$@RunType_B28 > returns information that shows NetSurf has 'claimed' this file type > (URL). I am trying to find a way to get that information into a string > in BASIC. Probably there is another variant to do this by using the OSCLI command. with OSCLI "SHOW Alias$RunType_B28" You can command BASIC to do the same thing as You did on the command line.
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Very rusty programmer here Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2019-10-06 23:31 +0100 Re: Very rusty programmer here Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2019-10-07 03:05 +0000 Re: Very rusty programmer here News <chrisjohnson@spamcop.net> - 2019-10-07 10:52 +0100
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