Method Parameters

Use this field to specify method parameter specifications as number-value pairs. For multiple parameters, include them as a comma-separated list.

To construct the number-value pairs using the Event Action Set Name/Value Pairs form, click the button to the left of this field.

The contents of this field must use this syntax for each parameter:

paramNumber = scalarExpr

where:

  • paramNumber is a number representing the position of the parameter as it appears on the IDO Methods form, Parameters grid, Sequence column. If the parameter does not exist at the time this action executes, then the system ignores it.
  • scalarExpr is the value to be assigned to that parameter when the event action executes.

When you click OK to return to the Event Actions form, the system "wraps" this content within a SETMETHODPARMVALUES( ) parameter, which yields this final syntax:

SETMETHODPARMVALUES( paramNumber = scalarExpr[, ...] )

Note: If scalarExpr is a literal value, the system automatically encloses it in double quotation marks when returning it to the Event Actions form. If scalarExpr is an expression, the system does not enclose it in quotation marks.

The system does not prevent you from including a null value for a parameter (such as myParam = ) on this form, but doing so generates a syntax error. To designate a null value for the value of a parameter, use a double set of quotation marks (myParam = "").