Pass parameter from a batch

[Cringer]

Hi all,

having a mental block - running a .bat to fire off a progress session with a .p (10.2A on windows). I want to pass a parameter from the command line of the batch to my .p. I know it's possible, I just can't remember how!!

Cheers

James

 

[j4n]

prowin32.exe -p myProg.p -param myfirstparam,mysecondparam,mythirdparam

in myProg.p

param1 = ENTRY(1,SESSIONARAMETER,",").

and so on...

 

[Cringer]

Ah yes of course!! Thanks.

 

[TomBascom]

You should use _ progres rather than prowin32... Prowin32 won't work on a 64 bit system...

 

[Cringer]

Good point, well made!

As it happens it's just a script I want to run on my local machine so in this case prowin32 is fine.

 

[TomBascom]

Bad habit.

Change it before it bites you

 

[Rob Fitzpatrick]

You should use _ progres rather than prowin32... Prowin32 won't work on a 64 bit system...

Tom, can you clarify what you mean by "on a 64-bit system"? Do you mean "using a product like 64-bit Client Networking", as opposed to "on a 64-bit OS"? I'm running prowin32 on 64-bit Windows 7 without issues (32-bit 10.2B and 32-bit 11.0 products).

 

[TomBascom]

If you install the 64 bit OE database engine there is no prowin32. Even if there was prowin32 cannot connect to a 64 bit OE using a self-service connection.

Batch processes shouldn't be prowin32 anyway. It's just a bad habit that people have been getting away with.