Metacommands
Metacommands are, according to the Multi-Edit manual, "special character sequences that allow the user to express certain data in a command line, prompt, or configuration option that would otherwise be difficult, if not impossible to enter literally."
This add-on supports several extra metacommands which can be used in the DataFlex version and session settings and as a parameter for menu-commands (Like DFInter^Run /C=<DFMaint> for DFMaint).
<EXPLORER> The command which is entered as the value for "Explorer".
<DFFILE> The command which is entered as the value for "DFFile".
<DFINDEX> The command which is entered as the value for "DFIndex".
<DFMAINT> The command which is entered as the value for "DFMaint".
<APPBUILDER> The command which is entered as the value for "AppBuilder".
<WORKSPACE> The name which is entered as the value for "Workspace".
<RUN> This is equivalent to "<RUNPROG> <NAME>".
<RUNPROG> This will be transformed into the runtime with the metacommand <RUNPARAMS>.
<RUNPARAMS> This will be transformed into the default parameters.
At every place you are allowed to use these metacommands, the normal Multi-Edit metacommands are also supported.
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