bat code help

[John Sowden]

I use foxpro on a network to write error messages. when I boot my
computer in my office, I have a bat prog that allows me to see all of
the .err files on the remote computers on the lan. My code allows me to
view the file, by selecting it from the select list, but I want to
selectively delete the file I just viewed. I thought I read in the doc
(I am using v7.5 still) that I could run a program in the select line,
or a batch file. I would like to run a subroutine in my program so I
can view and answer a yn to delete or not. I could not find anything in
the help system or the examples.btm file.

Thoughts?

John

[Stan Brown]

Post by John Sowden
I use foxpro on a network to write error messages. when I boot my
computer in my office, I have a bat prog that allows me to see all of
the .err files on the remote computers on the lan. My code allows me to
view the file, by selecting it from the select list, but I want to
selectively delete the file I just viewed. I thought I read in the doc
(I am using v7.5 still) that I could run a program in the select line,
or a batch file. I would like to run a subroutine in my program so I
can view and answer a yn to delete or not. I could not find anything in
the help system or the examples.btm file.

Your description is not very clear, but you can certainly run a
subroutine. See the GOSUB command.

[CRNG]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 04:09:36 -0400, Stan Brown

Post by Stan Brown

Post by John Sowden
I use foxpro on a network to write error messages. when I boot my
computer in my office, I have a bat prog that allows me to see all of
the .err files on the remote computers on the lan. My code allows me to
view the file, by selecting it from the select list, but I want to
selectively delete the file I just viewed. I thought I read in the doc
(I am using v7.5 still) that I could run a program in the select line,
or a batch file. I would like to run a subroutine in my program so I
can view and answer a yn to delete or not. I could not find anything in
the help system or the examples.btm file.

Your description is not very clear, but you can certainly run a
subroutine. See the GOSUB command.

I'm not sure I understand how you are doing the viewing. You can view
a file with the LIST command which allows you to delete the file you
are viewing with the DELETE key. For example if you

LIST *.txt

you will be able to view all the .txt files and delete any of them.

[John Sowden]

Post by Stan Brown

Post by John Sowden
I use foxpro on a network to write error messages. when I boot my
computer in my office, I have a bat prog that allows me to see all of
the .err files on the remote computers on the lan. My code allows me to
view the file, by selecting it from the select list, but I want to
selectively delete the file I just viewed. I thought I read in the doc
(I am using v7.5 still) that I could run a program in the select line,
or a batch file. I would like to run a subroutine in my program so I
can view and answer a yn to delete or not. I could not find anything in
the help system or the examples.btm file.

Your description is not very clear, but you can certainly run a
subroutine. See the GOSUB command.

That is what I would like to do, but I could not find in the doc "how
to" insert a gosub (subname) in the select command line instead of a
program name, such as edit or list

John

[Klaus Meinhard]

Hallo John,

Post by John Sowden
That is what I would like to do, but I could not find in the doc "how
to" insert a gosub (subname) in the select command line instead of a
program name, such as edit or list

Take a look at the @select function. Use SET to put your selected file
into a variable, and from then its pretty straightforward.