DOCUMENT:Q109612  05-FEB-2000  [foxpro]
TITLE   :How to Pass Parameters from Windows to FoxPro for Windows
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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" (without the
   quotation marks)

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
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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" (without the quotation marks) and "parameters" (without the quotation
   marks) and "foxpro" (without the quotation marks) and "ms-dos" (without the
   quotation marks) and "prompt" (without the quotation marks)


Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxWin 2.50

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Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro250 kbFoxPro250a kbFoxPro250b kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0

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