RE: Passing parameters to an external program run from fox

2023-05-09 Thread Graham Brown
Just had the same problem I have ps2pdf.prg. this has a function called "runme" I don’t know who the author is...sorry *:** *: *: Procedure File PS2PDF.PRG *: *: Documented using Visual FoxPro Formatting wizard version

Re: Passing parameters to an external program run from fox

2023-05-08 Thread Joe Yoder
I solved this by testing parameter passing by shelling to a batch file that shows the parameters it received and pausing until I can digest it. Here is the line I use to shell to a program in the current folder that process the input file and creates the output file: ! ProgramName ""

Re: Passing parameters to an external program run from fox

2023-05-05 Thread Eric Selje
[image: image.png] (From the Win32 API App on VFPx) On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 1:12 AM Joe Yoder wrote: > I'm pretty sure I have done this before but now I can't figure out the > syntax to make this happen. I finally substituted a batch file to display > the parameters passed in and to pause to

RE: Passing parameters to an external program run from fox

2023-05-05 Thread Tracy Pearson
lnRet)) ENDPROC HTH, Tracy -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Joe Yoder Sent: Friday, May 05, 2023 2:13 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Passing parameters to an external program run from fox I'm pretty sure I have done this b

Passing parameters to an external program run from fox

2023-05-05 Thread Joe Yoder
I'm pretty sure I have done this before but now I can't figure out the syntax to make this happen. I finally substituted a batch file to display the parameters passed in and to pause to allow reading time. The batch file reports parameters passed in from the command linre but none from VFP. Can