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Subject: 
Re: Spirit.OCX & Starting a Program
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 01:10:12 GMT
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brett@sr.hp[IHateSpam].com
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Dave Baum wrote:
Since task 0 is the task activated by the "Run" button, you can run a
program by using StartTask(0).  You can select which program to run
with the SelectProgram() command.

Is it possible to do this from within a running program?  What I read
implied to me that the SelectProgram() would stop the current program so
it wouldn't be running to issue the StartTask().

It would sure be nice to have a movement program that when complete
could start another program that would do a different function.

--
                                                        Brett Carver
                                                        brett@sr.hp.com
                                                        (707) 577-4344



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  Re: Spirit.OCX & Starting a Program
 
(...) As far as I know, you can't set and start a different program from within another program. Execution stops when you switch programs, so the following start task instruction will never get reached. Maybe Dave meant that you can switch programs (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Spirit.OCX & Starting a Program
 
I don't use spirit.ocx - I work directly with the bytecodes, but I think this info is true for spirit.ocx as well... The number in StartTask(number) refers to a task within a program (each program can have multiple tasks). Typically, you would use (...) (26 years ago, 15-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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