Execute code written in memo field

[Tevlac]

Hello All,
How to execute code written in memo field or from a external file?
Please send a sample
Thank you

[R.F.]

You will need a Script tool such xBScript or other script interpreter there are a couple around.

[Antonio Linares]

Patrick,

Harbour supports it natively. Here you have a working sample:

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/*
* $Id: hbrun.prg 7135 2007-04-12 11:57:04Z druzus $
*/

/*
* Harbour Project source code:
* Standalone Harbour Portable Object file runner
*
* Copyright 1999 Ryszard Glab <rglab@imid.med.pl>
* www - http://www.harbour-project.org
*
* Copyright 2007 Przemyslaw Czerpak <druzus / at / priv.onet.pl>
*   added support for dynamic compilation and execution of .prg files
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
* the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA (or visit the web site http://www.gnu.org/).
*
* As a special exception, the Harbour Project gives permission for
* additional uses of the text contained in its release of Harbour.
*
* The exception is that, if you link the Harbour libraries with other
* files to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the
* resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
* Your use of that executable is in no way restricted on account of
* linking the Harbour library code into it.
*
* This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
* the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
*
* This exception applies only to the code released by the Harbour
* Project under the name Harbour.  If you copy code from other
* Harbour Project or Free Software Foundation releases into a copy of
* Harbour, as the General Public License permits, the exception does
* not apply to the code that you add in this way.  To avoid misleading
* anyone as to the status of such modified files, you must delete
* this exception notice from them.
*
* If you write modifications of your own for Harbour, it is your choice
* whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications.
* If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice.
*
*/

/*
* Please remember that in *nixes if you copy compiled version
* of this program to /usr/bin directory then you can add to your
* .prg files as first line:
*    #!/usr/bin/hbrun
* and then after setting executable attribute you can directly execute
* your .prg files
* If you are using Linux then you can also chose default gt driver by
* adding to above line: //gt<name>
* F.e.
*    #!/usr/bin/hbrun //gtstd
*/

#include "hbextern.ch"

/* NOTE: Undocumented CA-Clipper _APPMAIN is used instead of Main to avoid
         collision with user function in HRB file with that name. [ckedem]
*/
FUNCTION _APPMAIN( cHRBFile, ... )
   LOCAL xRetVal, cPath, cName, cExt, cDrive, aIncDir

   IF Empty( cHRBFile )
      OutStd( "Harbour Runner" + HB_OSNewLine() +;
              "Copyright 1999-2006, http://www.harbour-project.org" + HB_OSNewLine() +;
              HB_OSNewLine() +;
              "Syntax:  hbrun <hrbfile[.hrb|.prg]> [parameters]" + HB_OSNewLine() + ;
              HB_OSNewLine() +;
              "Note:  Linked with " + Version() + HB_OSNewLine() )
      ERRORLEVEL( 1 )
   ELSE
      HB_FNAMESPLIT( cHRBFile, @cPath, @cName, @cExt, @cDrive )

      IF LOWER( cExt ) == ".prg"
         aIncDir := {}
#ifdef _DEFAULT_INC_DIR
         AADD( aIncDir, "-I" + _DEFAULT_INC_DIR )
#endif
         cPath := getenv( "HB_INC_INSTALL" )
         IF !EMPTY( cPath )
            AADD( aIncDir, "-I" + cPath )
         ENDIF
#ifdef __PLATFORM__UNIX
         AADD( aIncDir, "-I/usr/include/harbour" )
         AADD( aIncDir, "-I/usr/local/include/harbour" )
#endif
         cHRBFile := HB_COMPILEBUF( HB_ARGV( 0 ), "-n", "-w", "-es2", "-q0", ;
                                    aIncDir, cHRBFile )
         IF cHRBFile == NIL
            ERRORLEVEL( 1 )
         ELSE
            xRetVal := __hrbRun( cHRBFile, ... )
         ENDIF
      ELSE
         xRetVal := __hrbRun( cHRBFile, ... )
      ENDIF
   ENDIF

   RETURN xRetVal