Formats for Function Calls

Virtual Path

The virtual path to your SPIDER.DLL file. For example, server/HSPIDER is a typical virtual path, where server is the server name.

Function

The function that you want to call in SPIDER.DLL. The function is always preceded by the question mark ( ? ).

See the following table for a list of available SPIDER.DLL functions.

Parameters

Any function parameters that you want to use. There are required parameters and optional parameters. The parameter list begins with an ampersand (&). You can specify multiple parameters, separating them with an ampersand (&).

Each parameter also has an identifying label that is usually an abbreviated version of the parameter name followed by an equal sign (=). For example, sys= is the identifying label of the System parameter.

For more information on the parameters for each function, see the individual function topics.