You can enter RUN in the choice field of the MARC home menu to initiate a program as a dependent process. This selection can initiate a program written in any language except WFL. Entering this selection displays the RUN screen. You can use the RUN screen to specify the object code file title, any parameter that is to be passed, and any assignment to the TASKVALUE task attribute. You enter TASKVALUE assignments in the Value field of the screen.

An alternate method of initiating dependent processes is by using the RUN command. You can enter this command in the Action field of a screen or on the COMND screen. The syntax of this command is similar to the WFL RUN statement, except that the command can pass only a single parameter. Depending on the requirements of the program being initiated, the parameter can be a string of characters enclosed in quotation marks (“) or a number with no quotation marks. The following are both valid examples:

RUN OBJECT/RECOMM(“REPORT=DAILY”)
RUN OBJECT/TELEMAX(346)