Specify the rule name and formal arguments in a USERMACS file, or AMB program.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.
Syntax:
% DEFINE $rulename [(&formalarg1[, &formalarg2,
% ... &formalarg3, ..., &formalarg1000])]
statementblock
[% END]
Parameters:
| &formalarg
|
Formal argument list. Formal arguments receive their values from actual arguments in a rule call. Separate arguments with a comma and optionally one or more spaces. Enclose the argument list in parentheses.
|
Example:
Define a rule with three formal arguments whose values are supplied by a call that invokes the rule.
% DEFINE $ITEM-MAKER( &MM, &DATANAME, &TAIL)
.
.
.
% END
Rule call
$ITEM-MAKER( 12, 'TEST-ITEM', 'S9(9) COMP SYNC VALUE -1')
