CALLING_EXTERNAL_PROGRAMS
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You can invoke external programs from within ePersonality, from the command line. The program you invoke is executed on the client user's computer. This requires set up in the IMFN screen, as follows:

Product UT
Function Name That which you wish to type on the command line (or select from a menu, if you put this function on a menu)
Description Whatever you wish to describe this function as
Function Type External
Usage User Defined
Purpose The operating system command you wish to execute. This would be exactly the same as whatever you might type on the command window on your client computer. If the executable command can be located along the directory PATH then you can just supply the command, otherwise it is recommended that you provide a fully qualified path to it. See Examples below.

Examples#

To invoke SQLPLUSW, which is installed on the client, and the executable directory is in the PATH variable, the Purpose field could be specified as:


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