Programming Mechworks PDM > DBWCommandShell > Special Files

Description

Mechworks PDM checks for the presence of the file !COMMAND.!!! in the USERS\<username> directory, and, if present, executes the commands contained in it.

Syntax

[SCRIPT_ARGUMENTS]
[line for script input]
[line for script input]
[line for script input]
...

Remarks

Starting from R13sp2.1 the scheduler has been improved for allowing a correct first-in-first-out management of the message queue.

Parameters

<shell command>	a command for the DBWorks Api shell (i.e. a valid command for the DBWShell() subroutine)
[SCRIPT_ARGUMENTS]	Optional. If present, tells to DBWorks to read the next lines in the file and to convert them in input arguments for the next script being executed by DBWorks
[line for script input]	It is a line defining a script DBWInput argument, normally with the format: <argument name>=<argument value>

Example

This is an example of !COMMAND.!!! file;
if the logged user is JOHN, the file is USERS\JOHN\!COMMAND.!!!

ExecScript myScript.vbs

SCRIPT_ARGUMENTS
MYARG1=value1
MYARG2=value2

When this file is present in the USERS\<username> directory, DBWorks will:

1.Execute the script LST\myScript.vbs

2.Pass to the script the two arguments MYARG1 and MYARG2 defined in the message

The script myScript.vbs may be written as follows:

Sub main()

myArg1 = DBWInput("MYARG1")
myArg2 = DBWInput("MYARG2")
MsgBox "myArg1=" & myArg1 & " myArg2=" & myArg2
End sub

When running, the script will show: