Multi-line menu entry

Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants) rtr at rsquared.com
Sun Jun 26 06:06:11 PDT 2011


Thanks to all who replied.  Ken and Jim Asman replied with the 
correct character, the ~.

Believe it or not at 6/24/2011 09:41 PM, Kenneth Brody said:
>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.
>[...]
>
>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

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