AMOSi:Dialog Open

an example can be found on AMOSPro_Tutorial:Tutorials/Interface/Communication.AMOS

Opens up a "communications channel" to your new AMOS interface program.

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Dialog Open channel,Interface$
Dialog Open channel,program
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channel is the number of the channel to open, starting from one.

Interface$ is an AMOS string containing one or more Interface programs to be initialised. If your string contains several programs, each routine should begin with a LAbel instruction and end with an "EXit" command.

program holds the number of an Interface program installed in the resource bank. See the RESOURCE BANK command for details

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Dialog Open channel,Interface$,nvar
Dialog Open channel,program,nvar
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nvar sets the size of the variable array used by your Interface program. Each extra variable takes up 4 bytes of memory.

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Dialog Open channel,Interface$,nvar,buffer
Dialog Open channel,program,nvar,buffer
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buffer sets the size of an internal memory area used by your Interface programs. As a default, the buffer is just 1k for each channel you've defined, but if your interface is very complex, you may need to increase this value dramatically.