How to create an exe file to run as DOS command line

[csnjava]

Hello,

I am not from a DBase background. A friend needs help.
She needs to execute a sequence of commands to create a
table (file) at a DOS prompt, outside dbase.
By the looks of my search, an exe file can be created
(compiled) so that I can run in a DOS batch file.

The whole idea is execute those commands automatically
every hour by Window schedule task.

Could you please tell me how I could generate such exe file
from Dbase III plus?

Similarly, one way to do ftp outside ftp prompt is to
> ftp [-s:filename]
If I had something like
> dbase [-s:filename with commands]
it would be great and would be an alternative to the
> generatedDbfCommand.exe

thank you very much indeed.
John
csnjava-dbase (at) yahoo.com.br

 

[JCreamerII]

csnjava,

I would use a complied program to create this type of DBF file. But you should be able to create a prg that will run from within dBase. Have you're scheduler call "DBASE PROGRAM". PROGRAM will be the source to create a DBF in the stucture you need, and place it down the proper path. If it is the same structure everytime that is pretty straight forward. If it is a different structure you will need to have a good understanding of coding dbase to make that happen. You can make this happen from within a DOS batch file if needed.

Jim C.

 

[csnjava]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply.
My apologies I did not express my question clearly as
I am asking on behalf of colleague at a distance.

Yes, she also needs a compiled program to create a DBF

Actually she has .PRG file which produces a .DBF
as a result of its operation.

I don't know if it is too obvious but this friend has
an old DBase III Plus environment and she opens up this
DBase application, loads the .PRG and execute
to produce a .DBF

This is unnecessarily repetitive.
Compiling this .PRG into .EXE is what she needs.
She programs in DBase since a short while.
I told her over the phone to compile but I don't know
if DBase provides command line to compile or menu for that.

I feel myself powerless as I am from a software background
but never had contact with DBase at all.

Hope to hear from you again.

John

 

[JCreamerII]

dBase itself doesn't produce a complied program. Clipper is what I use to create compiled PRG's into an executable program. You can execute the PRG thru a batch file without having to go into dBase yourself. As I mentioned in my initial response you can call dBase and the PRG thru a batch file and exit back out, the only thing you would need to do is it the "ENTER" key as you enter dBase.

Jim C.

 

[csnjava]

Now I see! Just do
DBASE FILENAME.PRG as you said.

Actually I asked the person to do DBASE -help as I normally do to find the minus switches as in FTP application. Since it complained I thought that doing DBASE PRG in a batch (.cmd) file would not work and she did not try that.

thank you very much indeed.
John