Closes an open window. Syntax WINDOW CLOSE [window] Parameters window Window can benameThe name of an open window. The software looks up name in the currently accessed directories in the usual way. A compiled command using name contains the unambiguous name of the window (including a reference to an application directory) that was found at…
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DDEPeek Syntax procedure DDEPeek (out tErrCode, inout tServ, in dde_item, out dde_val) Parameters tErrCode longint, an error code tServ longint, connection handle dde_item char, item name dde_val char, value of the returned item. Must be a string at least five characters in length Comments DDEPeek retrieves the value of a specific item from a remote…
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Sets the location of the text cursor in the current window. Determines whether the cursor can move outside unprotected fields in the current window. Syntax WINDOW SET CURSOR option Parameters option Option can berow colWhere row and col are integers or expressions that evaluate to integers.Row identifies the character row in which the text cursor…
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A “null” value for comparison. Syntax $null Value “Null” (a state of valuelessness). Cannot be reset by an application program. Description The “null” property. $Null can be written without the dollar sign. When certain atomic expressions (variable name, field name, form field name, or formal parameter name) are used before being assigned values, or if…
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Starts a text editor to edit an application document. Syntax EDIT docname [BACKGROUND] Parameters docname The name of an application document. BACKGROUND Indicates that the editor is to be executed asynchronously while the application continues to run. Comments The value assigned to $Editor should be the full path and file name of the desired text…
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Resets menu item values to their defaults. Syntax MENU CLEAR object Parameters object Can bemenuThe name of a currently open menu, all of whose items are to be cleared.menuitemThe name of a particular menu item to be cleared.([exp1 ],[exp2 ],[exp3 ])Positive integers or expressions that evaluate to positive integers, that identify a particular menu or…
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Opens a menu in the current window. Syntax MENU OPEN object [NOCLEAR] Parameters object Object can benameThe name of the menu to be opened.(expr )A character string, or an expression that evaluates to a character string, to be used at run time as the name of the menu. Using expr enables one MENU OPEN command…
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Assigns a name to the set of records processed by the main command. Syntax -> setname The set of records processed by the main command is given the name setname. where setname The name to be assigned to the result set. Comments You can explicitly create a result set by adding the characters -> and…
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Resets form field values to their defaults. Syntax FORM CLEAR object Parameters object Can be: FormThe name of a currently open form or display, all of whose fields are to be reset. Specify a particular instance of a form in brackets beside the object’s name.formfieldThe name of a particular field that is to be…
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Specifies the report heading. Syntax REPORT HEADING [TEMPLATE name] reportitem [:format:] Parameters TEMPLATE name For graphical reports, the name of an optional template to define the layout of the report. reportitem Any valid expression. Complex expressions must be enclosed in parentheses. When you specify more than one expression, each must be separated from the next…
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