Passing (control) variables from program to program

[abossie]

They way I have my programs currently set up I have a "master" program that then runs several smaller programs using the exec command. These smaller programs all open and close several workfiles.

I would like to be able to declare variables in the master program and have them be the same across my programs and across workfiles (for instance I would like to set the number of lags across all programs). As I have it now I have scalars declared in each workfile. This means I have to change the scalar in each program which is both annoying and prone to mistakes.

Anyway, is there a way that I can just have something like !lags=8 in my "master" program and have a control variable (or something like it) hold across all my programs.

[EViews Gareth]

No, but you could have your child programs take arguments, and then pass them on from the master program.