Call External Program from Navigator item or Shortcut

Sajith,

“Application Page” works...cool. I should have tried it, first.

I need it to work with a parameter, though (so it calls the integration exe in the right mode), and am having issues. Parameters appears to be ignored, because it thinks it is calling the “program” as a URL. It turns the “Address” into a file:// type of URL entry point, in fact.

Any idea how to call an external program with parameters? I would also need the SID of the current database otherwise it will be a risky call! I am hoping something like #SID# can work? Or whatever the SID of the current database is. I did not build that into my external program, but of course need to.

Thanks!

JoeK

Hey all,

Unfortunately, I have been unable to get parameters working in this scenario, so this functionality will be of limited use to us. Using the file:// protocol in Windows does not support parameters (according to my research), and even if it did, I doubt I could get the database SID to pass through.

I can create wrapper programs to call the integration executable with the parameters I need, but would need to hardcode the IFS environments of DEV, TEST, and PROD. And if someone called the wrong executable, they could be adding parts to PROD when they think they are just playing in DEV or TEST -- too risky. Custom Menus are more controllable in this way, and they allow the use of system variables so that hard-coded parameters do not cause issues when we clone PROD to our other environments.

Thanks for the help, though -- it at least got us closer!

Thanks,

Joe Kaufman