Sage X3 Job with dynamics parameters

In Sage X3 we can setting execution scheduling of a command using the SYSTEME Sage x3 job.
You can manage the Sage x3 jobs with Usage\Batch Server\Task management menu (GESABT function).

As parameter we pass it the system command to execute, for example “C:\temp\command.bat par1 par2″,  and that’s it.

If by chance we need to move this scheduling from a Sage X3 folder to another,
to pass the name Sage x3 folder as dynamic parameter can be useful,
so we do not have to modify the command to pass to the job SYSTEME every time.

To do this just create a job SYSTEME wrapper.

The SYSTEME job call the homonym SYSTEME action, which has as unique parameter the command string to execute;
to reach our target so we will create a YSYSTEME job and a YSYSTEME action.

But this EXESYS action what do it do precisely? It call a subprog of ORDSYS.
Here an example: the following code line executes the batch command Command.bat
that is present in the directory c:\DIR\SUB\

Call SYSTEME ("","C:\DIR\SUB\Command.bat","b",YSTAT) From ORDSYS

So, we duplicate the EXESYS action renaming it as YEXESYS.
We leave everything as it is, except for specific script box where we insert YEXESYS.
(at the place of YXEXESYS: this source file doesn’t exist, you can check the correspondant adx file is not present).
Remember to insert the Activity code.

Then duplicate the SYSTEME function SYSTEME giving it YSYSTEME name; we can remove value at “Parent menu” box
and as action we set YEXESYS.

Good, now we duplicate also the SYSTEME job setting the new job with name YSYSTEME and with function YSYSTEME.

At this point we just have to write the source code YEXESYS,
so that we can pass a parameter to evalue at runtime enclosed in two “%”:

###############################################################
$ACTION
Case ACTION
 When "CONTROLE" : Gosub CONTROLE
 When Default
Endcase
Return
###############################################################

###############################################################
#NB: [M:EXS]ORDSYS is the field that contains the command
###############################################################
$CONTROLE
Local Integer I1,I2
Local Char YPARAM(30)
Local Char YVALUE(30)
 I1=0
 I2=0
 I1=instr(1,[M:EXS]ORDSYS,"%")
 If I1
   I2=instr(I1+1,[M:EXS]ORDSYS,"%")
   If I2
   YPARAM = seg$([M:EXS]ORDSYS,I1+1,I2-1)
   YVALUE = evalue (YPARAM)
   [M:EXS]ORDSYS = func YSAGEDEV.REPLACE([M:EXS]ORDSYS, "%"+YPARAM+"%", YVALUE)
   Endif
 Endif
End
###############################################################

Very good, now in scheduling we could pass as parameter, for instance,

c:\Sage\folders\%nomap(0)%\YIMPORT\filename.txt %nomap(0)%

that will be transformed into (in the case that Sage X3 folder name is TEST)

c:\Sage\folders\TEST\YIMPORT\filename.txt TEST

In this way we can pass as dynamic parameters anything can be interpreted by evalue.
Note that with this code we can insert nomap(0) twice, but we can not insert nomap(0) and also nomap(1).

Attention, the program is not for production environment.
In the case of syntax error the command will be executed anyway, with unforeseeable consequences.

I help this help you,
and if you use it in a original way, write it in the comments!

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