Article: Q109612
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0
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Last Modified: 05-FEB-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b
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SUMMARY
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When you are passing parameters from Windows to FoxPro for Windows, follow the
rules below:
- Do not enclose Character-type parameters in single quotation marks.
- Separate multiple parameters with a space.
- Each parameter is received in the Character type. Use conversion functions
such as VAL() or CTOD() to change to types other than Character.
- If an application is invoked in the FoxPro command line, the application must
begin with a PARAMETERS statement.
MORE INFORMATION
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To experiment with passing parameters, do the following:
1. Create a program called TEST in the FoxPro for Windows directory. Enter the
following lines of code in the TEST program:
PARAMETERS x,y
WAIT WINDOW "This is parameter 1: " +x
WAIT WINDOW "This is parameter 2: " +y
2. In Windows Program Manager, select (highlight) the FoxPro for Windows icon.
3. In Program Manager, choose Properties from the File menu.
4. In the Command Line box, type the following:
" D:\FOXPROW\FOXPROW.EXE \FOXPROW\test.prg apple orange" (without the
quotation marks)
This command line gives the path to TEST.PRG and specifies the information to be
passed to parameters x and y; in this case, apple and orange.
NOTE: This procedure will work for an .EXE file as well.
REFERENCES
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For information about passing parameters from MS-DOS to a FoxPro for MS-DOS
program, query on the following words here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
"pass" (without the quotation marks) and "parameters" (without the quotation
marks) and "foxpro" (without the quotation marks) and "ms-dos" (without the
quotation marks) and "prompt" (without the quotation marks)
Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxWin 2.50
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Keywords :
Technology : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro250 kbFoxPro250a kbFoxPro250b kbVFP300
Version : WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0
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