How to Pass Parameters from Windows to FoxPro for Windows

ID: Q109612

2.50 2.50a 2.50b 3.00 WINDOWS kbprg

The information in this article applies to:

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

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

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

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory: FxtoolGeneral

Keywords          : FxtoolGeneral 
Version           : 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 3.00
Platform          : WINDOWS