> many OSes have terminal commands that > take an object name as an argument and launch the "associated" > application. For example, a browser for a URL; a file manager for > a directory; or an editor for a text file.
SimpList works like that. A single line of code (such as in a user written REXX dialog) can call the SimpList API and pass it one or more arguments. The arguments usually consist of a function to perform and an object to perform the function against. This might mean the SimpList API is called to browse a data set or edit a DB2 table or view a web site or print a Unix file (etc.). Depending on what SimpList was called to do, it automatically launches the associated application. For example, if SimpList was passed an URL it would use the ISPF Workstation Agent to open a browser and display the web page. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:58:59 -0600 > From: 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu > Subject: Standard (needed) GUI App Launcher > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > There's a thread on ISPF-L where the OP wants to launch a > browser for a URL in an ISPF panel. Evidently he's looking > for a terminal-emulator-specific solution and got several > suggestions. > > But how about running the browser on z/OS? Lynx is > Curses-constrained. Are there any others, perhaps based > on X11 and fairly portable? Or?: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/xamj/ > > (I'm not going to experiment with it. How does z/OS Java > display graphics, anyway?) > > But more generally, many OSes have terminal commands that > take an object name as an argument and launch the "associated" > application. For example, a browser for a URL; a file manager for > a directory; or an editor for a text file. Examples: > > OS X "open" > Solaris "gnome-open" > Linux "xdg-open" > Cygwin "cygstart" > Windows ? > > A dismaying lack of portability. One might imagina a chain of > #ifdefs such as: > > ... > #if defined(__linux__) > #define GUI_open( object ) system( "xdg-open " object ) > #endif > ... > > Ugh! There ought to be a standard. > > -- gil > > > > OS X "open" > LInux > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
