[SOLVED] MR Internal Variables

April 29, 2010, 09:49 AM

In using the MR Internal variables in included Focus Executables, can they be made to report values from the calling FEX and not the FEX they are listed in?

Example:

-* Program: master.fex
-MRNOEDIT -INCLUDE CHILD
-* end master.fex

-* Program: child.fex
-TYPE &MR_FULL_FEXNAME
-* end child.fex

The above should report 'child.fex'. How can I make it report 'master.fex'? Any code additions would have to go into 'child.fex'.

I think I know the answer to this, but I'm hoping someone has some insight I may have missed.

THANKS!
- ABT

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April 29, 2010, 10:58 AM

Francis Mariani

Try the &FOCFOCEXEC variable.

parent.fex (In an MRE domain):

-TYPE ====== INSIDE PARENT.FEX
-? &

-INCLUDE CHILD.FEX

child.fex (in a folder in the App Path):

-TYPE ====== INSIDE CHILD.FEX
-? &

The &FOCFOCEXEC should be the name of the parent fex. Unfortunately, there is an underscore prepending the name, and I'm not sure what happens to file names of 8 characters.

Francis

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April 29, 2010, 11:11 AM

ABT

Thanks Francis, this is exactly what I was hoping for.

-ABT