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Script buttons

Like Macro buttons, Script buttons perform 'hidden' processing. However, a Script button actually processes a Web Option script, which is running on the IBM i. A script consists of a number of commands, which are held in the YSCRIPT source file in Y2WEB. Scripts can be written to do the following:

• Execute a series of commands on the IBM i.
• Retrieve data from one screen, change to a different screen and enter the saved data on the new screen.
• Drop the user back out through several screens to a predefined point.

A Script button is coded as follows:

<INPUT TYPE=”SUBMIT” VALUE=”button-text” NAME=”_Sscript-name” >

where button-text is the text that displays on the button itself and script-name is the name of the script member in Y2WEB/YSCRIPT.