Hi!

I would like to call an external program that is located on my local windows system. I know how to start it for example with app_start. My problem is, that the local exe-program sets a return code, for example "0" for correct or an error number like "2817" for a specific error. How can I retrieve this return code in baan IV?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards
sawell

The exe can write the error number on a specific error file, and then you can read this files from baan tools.

@george7a
Thanks for your reply. That is of course possible, but not the solution I was looking (hoping) for...
So, in baan IV there is no way of receiving the return code from app_start (or a similar function) without writing a file?

Seems you need to use start.application.local nowadays. app_start is deprecated according to the LN programmers guide. Please check if that's the same with BaanIV.
start.application.local is able to return the exit code.

Regards,

@Han Brinkman
yeah, but that function isn't available in baan IV :(
(at least according to my help file)
But I will test it ...I wonder if I need a specific version of baan IV (maybe it was included in somw newer porting set?)?