Windows Scripting Limit Affects Batch File execution error 1403

Progress Batch File execution fails with error 1403 when more than 9 tokens are used in the command line
When a Progress Batch file has more than 9 tokens parameters are ignored
Error 1403 when running "proutil" from a Windows command prompt.
Error 1403 when running "mbpro" from a Windows command prompt.
Error 1403 when running "mpro" from a Windows command prompt.
Error 1403 when running "pro" files from a Windows command prompt.

PROUTIL is a batch file that calls the _proutil.exe executable. Only 9 tokens can be passed to a batch file. This is a limit of the script language, not a Progress limit. Other affected Progress batch files are pro/mpro/mbpro which call the _progres.exe character client executable.

In this example, sports is the first token and -TB is the ninth token which generates the 1403 error:
When the ninth token is a value, all the parameters after it will be ignored. This could cause disk space problems for temp files, for example, as the temp files will be created in the working directory. In this example, sports is the first token and 1000 is the ninth token. The -T c:\temp will be ignored. The temporary files will be placed in the Working Directory:

Use any of the following methods to work around the script limitation:

• Use the executable instead of the batch file:
  • _proutil instead of proutil
  • _progres instead of pro/mbpro/mpro
• Use a .pf file for parameters.
• Redirect all options from a .txt file. For example: proutil sports -C idxbuild -TB -T -B < options.txt
• Modify the batch script.  An example is provided in Article  How to modify the PROBKUP script to accept more than 9 parameter arguments?