SGP asked for an options plugin, providing functionality something like the getopt package used in Perl, Python, TCL and other scripting languages.
Here it is. You supply a syntax defining legal options, and a string of options to parse, looking maybe like this: -p 1 -d --puddlefeature "very deep" or /p 1 /d /puddlefeature "very deep" After a call to an options service, you end up with various Powerpro variables (specified in the syntax) loaded with what was in string of options. SGP's idea was a tool that would be used by script developers to provide a switch-driven interface to their scripts. So typically developers would build the syntax, and built service calls to the options plugin into their scripts. Script users would just provide a command line as an argument when running the script. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
