How to Pass Parameters from Windows to FoxPro for Windows

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b

SUMMARY

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

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
   

NOTE: This procedure will work for an .EXE file as well.

REFERENCES

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 and parameters and foxpro and ms-dos and prompt