delfile command , possible replacements

Question

I found this great little command, delfile, for deleting files programaticaly from the X3 folders. 
 I am in V12 Patch 20. 
 I can run the command in the calculator and it works. 
 When i tried to compile it using Eclipse... the source will not compile because it is " Unknown Instruction; Illegal character." I tried from process editor... same thing. 
 So how can a command work in the calculator, but not be recognized by the runtime to be compiled? Was it deprecated? 
 
 Alternatively... what are people using as a replacement since this command doesn't work? 
 Test Case - place a file in your TRT directory, TEST.txt for instance, then run Delfile(filpath("TRT","TEST","txt",0)) in the calculator. thank you

bmyerspgh · Accepted Answer

OK, apparently since DELFILE returns a value, that value needs to be placed in a variable. The test in the calculator likely works because it is returning a value in the calculator. The same code in source fails because it does not have anywhere to return the value to.

So putting in a local variable to capture the value (whether you use it or not) resolves the issue.

Ex: YI = Delfile(.......)

chunheng · Answer

Official docs: https://online-help.sageerpx3.com/erp/12/wp-static-content/static-pages/en_US/v7dev/4gl_delfile.html

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delfile command , possible replacements

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