Passing Fields or File Names

To pass FIELD(s):

PASS <fieldname1> FIELD 
PASS <fieldname2> FIELD 
RUN <ScriptName> $* 

The "$*" allows "ScriptName" to receive all the PASSed parameters, in their PASSed order. To change the order of outbound PASSed parameters, use "$2 $1 $3 etc..." instead of the "$*" parameter.

If you need to pass a "$" as part of your scriptname (say for example, you want to pass "$APPXPATH/DDD/AAA/filename"), preceed the "$"s that are not used in parameter passing with a backslash. For example:

PASS \$APPXPATH/VV/AAA/filename FIELD 

You can pass the fully qualified filename to an external program or script by using the PASS statement, such as:

PASS TAR CUSTOMER FILE 

This is similar to passing a field except that "path/filename" is provided rather than the contents of the file. The external program or script can then open the file and access it as needed.

(Note: this does not pass the ".dat" suffix of the "path/filename".)

See Invoking Windows Shell Functions for information on running Windows commands from APPX.

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