Special entries on the process menu are special operating system commands that have been defined to LANSA using this facility. For IBM i, these may be CL (control language) commands. For Windows, these may be simple DOS commands or program execution commands.
For Windows, the special entry will be submitted to a CMD . EXE window for execution. You are responsible to ensure that a proper path and parameters have been specified to enable the command to execute. For example, the notepad editor could be opened by using the NOTEPAD.EXE command. A directory of the C drive could be written to a text file using a "DIR C:\ > C:\textfile.txt" command.
For IBM i, CL command that can be executed via IBM supplied programs QCMDEXC or QCAEXEC can be included onto a processes main menu. The command can be prompted at the time it is being used to allow you to specify or change the associated parameters. CL commands that allow users to display or control their own jobs are most commonly included onto the processes main menu. Some of these include: