multiple actions on a single button press

[Cian C. <cia...@gm...>]

Is there a recommended way of having multiple actions taken on a
single button press? E.G.: I currently have something like this, that
is SUPPOSED to cause an irxevent and irexec action when the nec-power
button is pressed, however it only works sporadically:

begin
  button        = nec-power
  prog          = irxevent
  repeat        = 0
  config        = Key p OW
end
begin
  button        = nec-power
  prog  = irexec
  repeat        = 0
  config        = /etc/lirc/poweron.sh
end

Does this sort of thing work for anyone else?
Apologies if this has been answered before on the list, but the
archives are currently unreachable.

Cian