Passing External Values Into Command Scripts

Robo-FTP permits arguments defined on a Shortcut Target line to be passed in at load time to be used as script file variables. Up to nine arguments are supported. There are nine internally defined variables, %1 through %9, dedicated for this purpose.

Important

This is no longer the preferred syntax. In new projects please use the -p command line switch for passing values into script files.

On the Shortcut Target line, an argument is delimited by either & or % character. The following are example arguments:

&argument&

%different argument%

The first argument, reading left to right, is assigned to a variable named %1, the second argument is assigned to %2, and so on. For example, consider the following Shortcut Target command line.

"Robo-FTP.exe"  &"My Connection"&  &SENDFILE "newdata"&

With such a Shortcut Target line, the following script file:

DASHBOARDMSG "Connecting"

DIALNET %1

DASHBOARDMSG "Executing task: [" + %2 + "]"

PERFORM %2

DASHBOARDMSG "Done"

DISCONNECT

EXIT

... would be executed as if it was originally written as:

DASHBOARDMSG "Connecting"

DIALNET "My Connection"

DASHBOARDMSG 'Executing task: [SENDFILE "newdata"]'

SENDFILE "newdata"

DASHBOARDMSG "Done"

DISCONNECT

EXIT

Related command(s): CALL, CHAIN

See also: Script File Variables, Launching Robo-FTP with Command Line Switches