Visual LANSA for Windows

YES

Visual LANSA for Linux

NO

LANSA for i

NO

1

A

Req

Type of system service required

Pass as one of:

START  Execute another (non-LANSA) application.

START_LANSA  Start another LANSA application executing.

START_UNIQUE  Execute another (non-LANSA) application if not already started.

1

50

2

A

Opt

Requested Service Argument 1

When Arg 1 is
      Pass this argument as:

START  Name of application (.EXE) to be started.

You may use a fully qualified name (i.e. with path information) or just the .EXE name. If you do not suffix the name with .EXE then the .EXE suffix will be automatically added.

START_LANSA  Name of the LANSA process, process and function or form that is to be started as another independent system process / job. 

Pass this value as either PROC=PPPPPPPPPP, or,

PROC=PPPPPPPPPP FUNC=FFFFFFF, or, FORM=OOOOOOOOOO

only (where PPPPPPPPPP is the process name, FFFFFFF is the function name and OOOOOOOOO is the form name).

Do NOT under any circumstances include any other

X_RUN parameters into this argument (e.g: PART=PPP, DBID=XXXX, etc).

START_UNIQUE  Name of application (.EXE) to be started if it is not already started. This service is only available in MS Windows environments.

You should NOT use a fully qualified name (i.e. with path information), just the .EXE name. If you do not suffix the name with .EXE then the .EXE suffix will be automatically added.

Note: If Arg 1 is START or START_UNIQUE and arg 2 is LCOADM32 or LCOADM32.EXE (ie without the fully qualified path), LCOADM32.EXE will be found in the LANSA\Connect directory.

1

256

3

A

Opt

Requested Service Argument 2

When Arg 1 is
      Pass this argument as:

START  Parameters to pass to application being started.

START_LANSA  This argument is not required and any value specified will be ignored.

START_UNIQUE  Parameters to pass to the application if it needs to be started.

1

256

1

A

Opt

Basic Return Code
OK = Completed (normally)
ER = Error occurred.

2

2

2

N

Opt

Extended Error Code
This is the operating system error code (when available) that may aid you in error handling or error reporting.

3

List

Opt

Returned as
OK = Completed normally
ER = Error occurred.
Only returned for certain argument 1 values as follows:

START  Not returned.

START_LANSA  Not returned.

START_UNIQUE  Not returned.