Pass arguments to javascript from plug in...

Hi,
I m using InDesign CS3 on MAC OS...
I have a plugin calling a javascript. I need to pass a string value from the plug in to the script...
I found that there is a parameter in the method RunFile in IScriptRunner.h for this purpose... But i don kno how to use this...
virtual ErrorCode RunFile(const IDFile& idFile, IScriptEventData* data, bool16 showErrorAlert = kTrue, bool16 invokeDebugger = kFalse) = 0;
where,
@param data is used to pass arguments and return the result IN/OUT
What does this IScriptEventData* data carry???
How to pass a string value as argument to javascript from plugin code and how to retrieve and use it there...
Is there any sample code for this?
Someone pls guide me...
Thank you.

Are there other command line options with extendscript, like compile to jsxbin etc.. Where is this documented?
UDevp wrote:
I used the below command to run script from command prompt, I'm able to run the script but not able to pass arguments to the script.
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ExtendScript Toolkit CS4\ExtendScript Toolkit.exe" -run "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS4\Scripts\test.jsx"
Any suggestion would be helpful..
It may be possible to edit prefs file with command line and to check file in script.

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