MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List I
Commands ABORT to BYE
output. This can be any ASCII output file. Formal file designator is
BASOUT. Default is $STDLIST.
xllist A quoted list of the executable libraries which is searched when resolving
external procedure references during execution of a user's program.
NOTE The formal file designators used in this command (BASCOM, BASIN, and
BASOUT) cannot be backreferenced as actual file designators in the command
parameter list. For further information, refer to the "Implicit FILE
Commands for Subsystems" discussion of the FILE command.
Operation Notes
The BBXL command is generally used for online programming in HP Business BASIC/XL,
but it can also be used to interpret HP Business BASIC/XL programs in batch mode. In
batch mode, the HP Business BASIC/XL >EXIT or >:: command is required as the last
statement in the command file. HP Business BASIC/XL has its own online help facility.
NOTE This command is implemented as a command file. If you set the HPPATH
variable to null (SETVAR ""), the command file is not executed and the
command fails.
Use
This command may be issued from a session, job, or program. It is not available in BREAK.
Pressing
Break suspends the execution of this command. Entering the RESUME command
continues the execution.
Examples
To enter commands and data from your standard input device, with the program listing
and output transmitted to the standard output device (both of these are usually the
terminal in interactive mode), use:
BBXL
You may also enter commands and statements to the HP Business BASIC/XL interpreter
by using input files that you have stored on disk. Files created using the editor must be
kept with the UNN (unnumbered) option of the editor's KEEP command. In this example, HP
Business BASIC/XL interpreter commands and statements are entered from the command
file MYCOMDS. The data that the program uses is stored in the input file MYDATA. The
program listing and output are written to the file MYLIST.
BBXL MYCOMDS,MYDATA,MYLIST
If you have compiled a number of library procedures into an executable library named
MYXL.MYGRP.MYACCT and wish to reference these in a program in the interpreter, use:
BBXL XL='MYXL.MYGRP.MYACCT'
Appropriate EXTERNAL and/or INTRINSIC statements in your program are used to
define the formal parameters, and an alias, if required, for the external procedure in the