Multi-line menu entry

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/24/2011 9:09 PM, Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants) wrote:
> filePro 5.6.06 on Windows Vista.  I need to entry a menu command that
> is longer than the space provided on one line.  In Unix I can end a
> line with \ and continue the command on the next line.  When I tried
> that in Windows I get the following error:
>
> Argument = \
>
> Bad argument on command line.
>
> Is it possible to have a multi-line menu command in a windows
> environment and if so what is the proper character to use at the end
> of the line.
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Because the backslash is a valid DOS/Windows character on a command line, 
and it's not uncommon for a command to end in a backslash, filePro uses the 
tilde (~) to continue command lines within a menu batch file.

-- 
Kenneth Brody