Global Variables and Command Line ?

[othni]

Is there a way to pass global variables from the command line?

I have a filter that I have to change a couple of variables each time to run. I wonder if I can pass the variable from the command line or any other external way?

[DataMystic Support]

Not yet - but it is a good idea. We'll add it soon.

[othni]

Thank you very much!

[DataMystic Support]

Hi Othni,

The latest 8.1 release of TextPipe now allows globals to be set on the command line e.g.

textpipe.exe "/f=myfilter.fll" "@address=3 blank st" "@city=norwood" "@zip=424324"

[othni]

Wow that was quick, thank you!

[NPPI_Active]

Just a quick one, in dos i have the following:
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS

Which means that I can have a environment variable of !NAME! instead of %NAME%. Now I execute:

textpipe.exe "/f=myfilter.fll" @address=!NAME!

But text pipe does not recognise the SETLOCAL i have put in place, it only recognises the %NAME% type. This is not a shortcoming but rather a "like to have"

[NPPI_Active]

No need to respond. Are more thorough testing it works fine.

[DataMystic Support]

Great! I've never seen that before