OWBasic Standard Library

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Evaluating a File Parameter

STD_PAR!(CAT%, FP%)

Searches for the Memo file given by PARAMETER and returns category and filepointer. If the file was found, the function returns true, false otherwise.

If an OWBasic program shall open a file after startup, it can be given a string parameter by the EXEC procedure. The parameter is stored in the global variable PARAMETER$.

Example:
! calling myprog
EXEC "myprog", -1, TRUE, "4,mymemofile"

! myprog

#STD_USED=2
INCLUDE StdLib

if STD_PAR!(cat,fp) goto file_load_procedure

$main_menu
...

$file_load_procedure
FILEREAD 3, cat, fp
...

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