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There are three ways of issuing a Maintain procedure:

• From the TED text editor. You can enter the procedure as a FOCEXEC in TED and then issue the RUN or MNTCON RUN command at the TED command line.
• At the FOCUS command line. You can save the procedure as a FOCEXEC and enter the EX or MNTCON EX command to execute it at the FOCUS command line.
• Within another Maintain procedure. You can save the procedure as a FOCEXEC and from a second procedure, enter the CALL command to execute it.

You can run a procedure more efficiently, increasing the speed of execution, by first compiling it using the COMPILE or MNTCON COMPILE commands. The commands compile both the Maintain procedure and—if one exists—the associated Winform, generating a FOCCOMP file. You can run a compiled Maintain procedure by issuing the RUN or MNTCON RUN command.

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You use the MNTCON EX command to run the procedure. You can run the completed procedure which is stored as VIDTAPE1 FOCEXEC on the release tape or supply the name of the Maintain procedure where you stored your code.

Try it now: If you have created your own set of application files:

1. Enter FILE at the TED command line to save your file and exit TED.
2. Enter the following at the FOCUS command prompt (substituting the name of your Maintain procedure file for VIDTAPE1):

   MNTCON EX VIDTAPE1

   The ShowCust Winform appears.