Unix command Line input and output

Question

Has anybody used Forte for now window application. Passing values through
command line and get put as a return value. I am able to call Forte and
pass input values but I do not know who to get the return value. Here is
the shell script that I am running:
#!/bin/csh
# Ensure that the correct number of parameters were supplied #
if (${#argv} < 2) then
then
echo "USAGE: ecapp Method Number Parm1 Parm2"
exit 1
endif
ftexec -fi bt:$FORTE_ROOT/userapp/mwapp/cl0/mwapp_0 -fnw -fterm $1 $2
The start class will return a string value after processing the request. I
can use task.lgr.putline to output to the screen but that is not what I
would like to do. I want to get the return value assigned to a variable in
the shell script. One thing I do not know is that if Forte return a string
that the script can use. Any help would be appreciated.
thanks in advance
ka
Kamran Amin
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Answer 1

Hi,
Did you try to set Task.Part.OperatingSystem.ExitStatus ? But, the ExitStatus is an integer.
If you really need a string, I would use ExitStatus to know how it finished and an environment variable (Task.Part.OperatingSystem.SetEnv() to position it in your Tool code) to read the string back in the script.
Hope this helps,
Daniel Nguyen
Freelance Forte Consultant
Url : http://perso.club-internet.fr/dnguyen/