The optional Parameter File is available for PRODASV35 scripts run from command files.

It is an ASCII file that can be created in notepad or the editor of your choice. It is one or more lines with the following format

• The variable name surrounded by angle brackets
• An equal sign
• The value to replace that variable in the script file.

This is one line from the parameter file for this tutorial to illustrate the syntax:

<PR3FILE> = STD22WITHID.PR3

When PRODASV35 is run from a command file that includes a parameter file before the script is executed all occurrences of each variable are replaced by their value as defined in the parameter file. The variable in the script file is surrounded by angle brackets just as it is in the parameter file. The modified script file is not saved. This is a mechanism to allow users to modify their runs without having to modify their script file.

In our example the above parameter will be used to change the following line in the script file:

TESTPROJ = PROJDIR & "<PR3FILE>"

to

TESTPROJ = PROJDIR & "STD22WITHID.PR3"