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2 Using HP Browse

This chapter presents many of the tasks you can do with HP Browse. It shows you exactly the steps to

take to accomplish these tasks.

Starting HP Browse

At the MPE prompt, run HP Browse by using the RUN command. You can give the name of the ﬁle you

want to browse in the INFO string:

:RUN HPBROWSE.PUB.SYS;INFO="ﬁlename"

Or use the implied RUN command:

HPBROWSE "ﬁlename"

Or you can let HP Browse prompt you for the ﬁle name:

RUN HPBROWSE.PUB.SYS

File:

ﬁlename

You can set up a User-Deﬁned Command (UDC) for running HP Browse. The following UDC is an

example:

BROWSE FILENAME=" "

RUN HPBROWSE.PUB.SYS;INFO="!FILENAME"

Then the command to browse a ﬁle named "DATA" would be:

BROWSE DATA