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INCLUDE Examples
The following examples provide details.
Example 1:
The following example includes the contents of the file named "global.var" into an EQUEL program:
## include "global.var"
## /*
## ** the equel program can reference the data items
## ** declared in "global.var"
## */
Example 2:
The following example incorporates the contents of the file named "messages.src" into a message statement. In this example, "messages.src" contains the text "Retrieved employee ". At runtime, the program retrieves an employee and displays "Retrieved employee employee name".
## retrieve (msgvar = employee.empname)
## {
##   message include inline "messages.src" msgvar
## }
Last modified date: 01/30/2023