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{
cmdln.dem
6-4-90
Demo the use of cmdln.pas
Copyright 1990
John W. Small
All rights reserved
PSW / Power SoftWare
P.O. Box 10072
McLean, Virginia 22102 8072
(703) 759-3838
}
program cmdlnDemo;
uses crt, cmdln;
var options : string;
params : CmdLnParams;
i : integer;
begin
clrscr;
if ParamCount > 0 then begin
writeln('Test the CmdLnParam object with the following command line:');
writeln;
write(' ');
for i := 0 to ParamCount do
write(ParamStr(i),' ');
writeln
end;
params.init('o:');
if boolean(params.getOption) then;
if (params.optCh <> 'o') or (length(params.optArg) = 0)
then begin
writeln('usage: cmdln -ooptions *');
writeln;
writeln('where "options" consists of the letters to look for, and');
writeln(' "*" are the command line arguments to be parsed by "options."');
writeln(' For the purposes of this test "o" switches are skipped.');
writeln;
writeln('For example, with the command line: ');
writeln;
writeln(' cmdln /oC:af:z /afnew /zC cmdfile outfile');
writeln;
writeln('the "options" string is "C:af:z", which means that this particular invocation');
writeln('of the demo will recognize "C", "a", "f" and "z" as switch options. "C" and');
writeln('"f" take arguments, which is indicated by the colon after each in the "options"');
writeln('string. Switch options are introduced by "/" or "-" in DOS. The "options"');
writeln('string is then used to parse the rest of the command line. In this case it');
writeln('recognizes "a", "f" with argument "new", "z", and "C" with argument "cmdfile."');
writeln('Notice that options taking arguments must appear last in the switch clusters.');
writeln('Run this demo with command lines similar to this example to see how it');
writeln('works. Then besure to read the notes in the interface section of cmdln.pas');
writeln('for complete instructions on how to use the CmdLnParams object. Then return');
writeln('to the source code of this demo and study how I used it. You will then be');
writeln('ready start coding with the CmdLnParams object.');
writeln;
writeln('Press "Enter" to quit.');
readln;
halt
end;
writeln;
writeln('Parse for the following options: ');
writeln;
for i := 1 to length(params.optArg) do begin
write(' ',params.optArg[i]);
if i < length(params.optArg) then
if params.optArg[i+1] = ':' then begin
inc(i);
write(' with argument')
end;
writeln
end;
writeln;
writeln('Parameters parsed as ...');
writeln;
params.init(params.optArg);
while (params.getOption <> #0) do
if params.optCh = '?' then
if params.optNot = 'o' then
params.nextCluster
else
write(' optNot: ',params.optNot)
else if length(params.optArg) > 0 then
writeln(' optCh: ',params.optCh,' optArg: ',params.optArg)
else
writeln(' optCh: ',params.optCh);
while (params.paramNo <= ParamCount) do begin
writeln('ParamNo: ',params.paramNo,
' ParamStr: ',ParamStr(params.paramNo));
inc(params.paramNo)
end;
writeln;
write('Press "Enter" to quit.');
readln
end.