Scripts as commands: script components

In ITP/Server every script can be used as a command in any other script. For this reason, these scripts are also called 'script components'. When a script is used as a command, its parameters become the parameters of the command. For instance, one could create the following script component to copy a file, but to delete the target file before copying, because the command Copy will fail if the destination file already exists:

Script CopyFile:

Parameter Text SourceFile;

Parameter Text DestinationFile;

Delete

  File (DestinationFile);

Copy

  Src (SourceFile)

  Dest (DestinationFile);

This script could be used as follows from an ITP/Server service script:

Run an ITP Model, producing a result document:

ITPRun

  Model (model)

  Result (temp_result_doc);

Copy the result document to its final location:

CopyFile

  SourceFile (temp_result_doc)

  DestinationFile (result_file);