The Application class

Summary:

Basics
Examples

Basics

Purpose:

The Application class is a built-in class providing an interface to the application internals.

Syntax:

base.Application

Notes:

This class does not have to be instantiated; it provides class methods for the current program.

Methods:

Class Methods
Name	Description
`getArgumentCount()` `RETURNING INTEGER`	Returns the number of arguments passed to the program.
`getArgument( position` `INTEGER)` `RETURNING STRING`	Returns the argument passed to the program, according to its position.
`getProgramName()` `RETURNING STRING`	Returns the name of the program.
`getProgramDir()` `RETURNING STRING`	Returns the system-dependant path of the directory where the program files are located.
`getFglDir()` `RETURNING STRING`	Returns the system-dependant path of the installation directory of the runtime system (FGLDIR environment variable).
`getResourceEntry( name` `STRING` `)` `RETURNING STRING`	Returns the value of an FGLPROFILE entry.

Examples

Example 1: Display the command line arguments.

01 MAIN
02    DEFINE i INTEGER
03    FOR i=1 TO base.Application.getArgumentCount()
04       DISPLAY base.Application.getArgument(i)
05    END FOR
06 END MAIN