#959 Windows 11 COBC called from .BAT file with multiple parameters

[Vince Esparza]

Hello,
I created 3 bat files for cobc to syntax check, compile to EXE and compile to DLL. I am only defining a maximum of 4 parameters right now but I think it can go to 9. The syntax check and the compile to DLL work fine. The compile to EXE compiles only the first program named in the list from a command prompt.
I want to compile over 20 programs at a time but they may not always be the same ones, so I am passing those I need at the current time. Zip file is attached with details and 3 small dummy programs.
Thanks, Vince

[Arnold Trembley]

Your cx.bat file looks like this:

rem @echo off
rem Create EXE
cobc -x -O2 %1 %2 %3 %4

I could be wrong, but I suspect cobc assumes when using -x that you want to compile four separate programs into a single load module.

What happens if you change cx.bat to look like this?

rem @echo off
rem Create EXE
cobc -x -O2 %1
cobc -x -O2 %2
cobc -x -O2 %3
cobc -x -O2 %4

I assume you want four separate .exe files created, yes?

[Vince Esparza]

Yes. I want 4 separate EXE files. Let me try that.

[Vince Esparza]

Please close this ticket as a non-bug. Using separate lines worked.
And now I know how to create on EXE with multiple CALLed sub-programs. : - )
Thanks! Vince