I run a gambas executable from another gambas project by:-

How can I provide an entry value (a file name) to DocsViewer.gambas?

bill-lancaster said

I run a gambas executable from another gambas project by:-

Code

Exec ["/home/bill/GambasFolder/Executable/DocsViewer.gambas"]


How can I provide an entry value (a file name) to DocsViewer.gambas?

Exec arguments are an array, additional parameters just need more strings.

Consider this terminal line…

gambas3 /path/myproject

simply..

To provide environment variables use "With"

so terminal would be
env GB_GUI=gb.qt5 gambas3 /path/myproject

gambas Exec syntax….

Thanks Bruce,
Having trouble with syntax,
The first line confirms that the file exists.
The second line produces an error:- "Cannot open a binary file"
Where am I going wrong?

Use absolute paths

Put User.Home in the exec too

Exec ["gambas3", User.Home &/ "GambasFolder/Executable/Golf.gambas"]

oops my mistake i see you are opening a .gambas file with the gambas3 IDE
open the parent folder instead

Exec ["gambas3", User.Home &/ "GambasFolder/Executable"]

or to run the application without a compiled executable try this..

Exec ["gbx3", User.Home &/ "GambasFolder/Executable"]

or to run the executable

Exec ["gbr3", User.Home &/ "GambasFolder/Executable/Golf.gambas"]

You'll want something like this though…

Shell, shell, shell! Or maybe C shells big shells along the see-saw.
(I think I may have to have a little lie down now)
 
b

Thanks again Bruce,

opens "DocsViewer" OK but there is only one  args.count.

Shell "gbr3 ~/GambasFolder/Executable/DocsViewer.gambas sTemp=XXXX'"  works fine, args.count = 2.

BTW I extract the argument value with Split(Args[1], "=")[1] is there a better way?

Bill

"With" provides an environment variable not an argument.

Use this …



you could use the "With" syntax in your program but should do this…


then this will work…
Exec ["gbr3", "GambasFolder/Executable/DocsViewer.gambas"] With ["sTemp=XXX"]

But it's not advised, it's better to use an argument than an env var

bill-lancaster said

BTW I extract the argument value with Split(Args[1], "=")[1] is there a better way?

Yes, use the more advanced Args.class component
/comp/gb.args - Gambas Documentation

Something like this shows how to use gb.args Args.class ..

the following example lets you use multiple filenames as args with or without the -f prefix.

Any arguments that are not handled by Args.Get, Args.Has, etc are considered files to open.

you can use the -f (–file) prefix but you do not need to.