Launching multiple programs

[stepsandnumbers]

Hi,

I have created a main program that is supposed to run other programs, one by one.
Something like:

run program_1
run program_2
...
run program_n

The problem is that the execution of the main program actually launches only the first program_1 and ignores all the others.
What should I do for the main program to make all the other n programs run?

[EViews Gareth]

Use exec rather than run

[stepsandnumbers]

Error: exec us not defined or is an illegal command

[startz]

You need version 7.1 or 7.2, which are feree upgrades from version 7.