ENTRY Command

Description:

This command, if specified, must be the first item in the Code section of the script, excluding format characters and comments. It identifies which variables are to receive values passed as parameters from a calling script

It is advisable that variables declared in the ENTRY command do not have an associated value list or range or file. Values passed in this way will be overwritten when script initialization takes place following the ENTRY command.

Format:

 ENTRY [parameter{, parameter ...}]

Parameter:

parameter

A character variable (of up to 50 characters in length), integer variable or file ID declared in the Definitions section of the script. Up to 8 parameters may be declared in the ENTRY command. There must be the same number of parameters in this list as are passed to the script (including omitted parameters), and the data types of corresponding parameters must match.

Example:

 ENTRY [DATE_PARAM, TIME_PARAM, CODE_PARAM]

See also:

Flow Control Commands