How do I pass a variable to a Run Program> statement?

Jerry Gilels · Post by **Jerry Gilels** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 7:01 pm

Isn't this the way?

Let>RP_WINDOWMODE=0

Day>the_day
Month>the_month
Year>the_year
Let>this_day=%the_month%%the_day%%the_year%
Run Program>c:\chkser.bat %this_day%

Let>RP_WINDOWMODE=1

???

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 9:35 pm

That looks good Jerry, but make sure that c:\chkser.bat is looking for %1 inside to use the paramater %this_day% that is being sent.

The Let>RP_WINDOWMODE=0 lines are not needed to pass parameters, but only to control the visibility of the window while it is running.

Of more importance to you may be Let>RP_WAIT=1, like this:

Let>RP_WAIT=1
Run Program>c:\chkser.bat %this_day%
Let>RP_WAIT=0

It is frequently very important to allow the Run Program to finish before continuing with the next lines in the Macro Scheduler script. The default value of RP_WAIT=0