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Zim Constants

19 June 2020

The following table contains a list of the Zim constants, types, locations, and values. ConstName ConstType DirName ConstValue BlackBlueGreenCyanRedMagentaBrownLightGreyDarkGreyLightBlueLightGreenLightCyanLightRedLightMagentaYellowWhite numericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumeric ZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIM 12345678910111213141516 EscapeEsc charchar ZIMZIM ESCAPEESCAPE F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F10F11F12F13F14F15F16F17F18F19F20F21F22F23F24F25F26F27F28F29F30F31F32F33F34F35F36F37F38F39F40F41F42F43F44F45F46F47F48F49F50F51F52F53F54F55F56F57F58F59F60F61F62F63F64F65F66F67F68F69F70F71F72F73F74F75F76F77F78F79F80F81F82F83F84F85F86F87F88F89F90F91F92F93F94F95F96F97F98F99F100 charcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharchar ZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIM F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F10F11F12F13F14F15F16F17F18F19F20F21F22F23F24F25F26F27F28F29F30F31F32F33F34F35F36F37F38F39F40F41F42F43F44F45F46F47F48F49F50F51F52F53F54F55F56F57F58F59F60F61F62F63F64F65F66F67F68F69F70F71F72F73F74F75F76F77F78F79F80F81F82F83F84F85F86F87F88F89F90F91F92F93F94F95F96F97F98F99F100 HomeJumpDownJumpLeftJumpRightJumpUpPageDownPageUpTabBackTabForward charcharcharcharcharcharcharcharchar ZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIM HOMEJUMPDOWNJUMPLEFTJUMPRIGHTJUMPUPPAGEDOWNPAGEUPTABBACKTABFORWARD Button1Button2Button3Button4Button5Button6 charcharcharcharcharchar ZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIM BUTTON1BUTTON2BUTTON3BUTTON4BUTTON5BUTTON6 CActiveBorderCActiveCaptionCAppWorkSpaceCWindowBackgroundCButtonFaceCButtonShadowCButtonTextCCaptionTextCGrayTextCHighlightColorCHighlightTextCInactiveBorderCInactiveCaptionCMenuColorCMenuTextColorCScrollBarColorCWindowFrameCWindowTextCInactivCaptionTxtCButtonHighlightCWindowColor numericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumericnumeric ZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIMZIM 373635343332313029282726252423222120191817 $CurrentODRevision$CurrentODVersioncEOLNTRANSLATE$CurrentCOVersion$CurrentDCRevision$CurrentDCVersion charcharcharcharcharchar ZIMServicesZIMServices$Utils$DevCen$DevCen$DevCen 1.06.1 11.06.1 Alt0Alt1Alt2Alt3Alt4Alt5Alt6Alt7Alt8Alt9AltAAltBAltCAltDAltEAltEqualAltFAltF1AltF10AltF11AltF12AltF2AltF3AltF4AltF5AltF6AltF7AltF8AltF9AltGAltHAltIAltJAltKAltLAltMAltMinusAltNAltOAltPAltQAltRAltSAltTAltUAltVAltWAltXAltYAltZ charcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharcharchar $DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployService$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices$DeployServices F50F41F42F43F44F45F46F47F48F49F63F76F74F65F55F52F66F31F40F83F84F32F33F34F35F36F37F38F39F67F68F60F69F70F71F78F51F77F61F62F53F56F64F57F59F75F54F73F58F72 ATTROEFTYPEATTROFOEFTYPE charchar $CompDevCen$CompDevCen…
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Quotation Marks

18 June 2020

Quotation marks are used to delimit character strings. Normally, the quotation marks are optional; however, quotation marks are required when the string contains characters other than digits (0 to 9), letters (a to z and A to Z), the dollar sign ($), and the underscore (_) the string is identical to the name of an…
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Continuation Lines

18 June 2020

By default, a physical line end (carriage return at the command prompt or in an application program) terminates the statement on that line. Upon encountering the line end, the software processes the current statement. However, statements that are too long to fit on one physical line can be continued onto any number of physical lines.…
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Comments

18 June 2020

Comments are descriptive words or sentences, typically used as internal documentation in application programs. Comments are an essential part of application system documentation. In Zim, the percent sign (%) is used to signal the start of a comment. When the software encounters the comment indicator, it ignores all subsequent characters on the current physical line…
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Case Sensitivity

18 June 2020

Except in certain limited instances (e.g., security passwords, values held in objects of data type CHAR and VARCHAR), the software is case insensitive. Insensitivity to case means that the software makes no distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters in any part of a statement. For example, the following statements are identical, provided LastName is not…
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Conversion Between Data Types

18 June 2020

Zim performs conversions and operations between data types in a different manner than other application development languages. The rules for conversions are embedded in Zim itself, and when performing conversions or comparisons, these rules govern how the different data types are handled. Implicit Conversions In general, when you write an expression, you can use objects…
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How Macros Acquire Values

18 June 2020

A macro acquires a value in one of two ways: implicitly when the software encounters a call to a previously unknown global macro, or when a local macro is unassigned in a macro call program explicitly in a LET or INPUT command (global or local macros), or in a call to a procedure (local macros…
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Data Types and Storage of Values

18 June 2020

ALPHA/CHAR and VARALPHA/ VARCHAR Values If an ALPHA or CHAR object is assigned the value abc///// (with five trailing blanks), it is stored as abc///// (fixed length value). If a VARALPHA or VARCHAR object is assigned the value abc/////, it is stored as abc without any trailing blanks, but with an indicator that gives the…
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How To Use Variables

18 June 2020

A variable is a programming object defined in the Object Dictionary for the application. Variables are used to store values temporarily during an application session. A variable is assigned a size and a data type in its definition, but until assigned a value during an application session, the variable is valueless (that is, $Null).

How To Use Named Constants

18 June 2020

A named constant is a programming object defined in the Object Dictionary for the application. The constant’s value is part of its definition. By using named constants in place of literal constants in application programs, you ensure that a constant’s value can be quickly, easily, and universally changed, if necessary.

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