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From: yon@apollo.COM (David Yon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Procomm Plus question...
Message-ID: <43971099.1042a@apollo.COM>
Date: 2 Jun 89 13:27:00 GMT
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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Yet another Procomm question on the net...

I'm currently using Procomm 2.4.2, and have gotten into some
fairly sophisticated CMD file usage.  I'm running into some
serious limitations that I have some questions about.

VARIABLES:
	The only way I know of to assign values to variables is
to either get them from the user, set them in the script, or 
get them from the host.  I would like to be able to also fetch
them from a file or be able to put the return code from a DOS
executable in them.

ASCII UPLOADS:
	The ASCII upload is brain-damaged.  The only way that an
ASCII upload will stop is through the ESC key.  I've tried several
different things including an EOF mark in the file.  No matter
what I do, Procomm will send the entire file, then just sit there
waiting for you to press ESC.  You would think that Procomm would
detect that it has no more data in the file to send, and just
stop the upload there!  Oh well...

Are either of these problems fixed in Procomm Plus?  I have heard
that the command language has been extended, but I don't know
exactly what has been upgraded.  Can anyone out there with access
to Procomm Plus answer this question??

Thanks in advance...

David Yon