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# Adding a Run External Program Task Step

To add a new Run External Program step to an existing task, do the following:

1. Open the relevant task (for creating new tasks, see Creating a New Task).
2. Either:

|  | Click and drag the Run External Program icon from the Task Browser to the task Design area.

|  | Click on the Environment tab in the Task Browser. Right-click on Steps and select New > Execute > Run External Program.

|  | From the task's Design tab, right-click on empty space and select New > Execute > Run External Program.

3. Enter a Name and Description for the step.
4. If required, choose the data or document to send to the external program:
   1. If passing a previous step's recordset, select Use a recordset then choose the recordset from the Input Recordset drop-down.
   2. If passing a document, select Read documents from a source then choose the document from the Document Source drop-down.
5. Select the Main Tab.
6. Click Browse and locate the program to run.
7. If required, you can pass parameters when executing the external program:
   1. To add a parameter and then map a value to it, click Add to display the Enter Parameter Name dialog box.
   2. Enter the new parameter name and click OK. The new entry appears in the Parameters table.
   3. Click in the Value column for the new parameter and either enter a value, or drag and drop a column, property, or variable from the Task Browser.
8. Select Memory to define a Repository to memorise some or all of the recordset used by this step in the Memory Definitions dialog.
9. Go to the Options tab and select the required error options.
10. Click OK to save the new step and close the dialog box. An icon for the step is displayed in the Task Plan.

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