Category: Processing Options

The “w” option is used to wait between pages of output produced by a ZOM service. For example, the following command lists information on all the objects named “Inventory” to the screen and waits for the user to press Enter after every page of output: ZOMList Inventory ;w

Processing options are used to set object status properties and to modify the behavior of the service being invoked. Each ZOM service specifies the processing options that apply. For more information, see the Reference Guide. However, there are some processing options that apply generally to all ZOM services and these options are described in the…
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The “d” option is used to redirect the output of a ZOM service to a document. For example, the following lists information on all the objects named “Inventory” to the document ListOutputDoc: ZOMList Inventory ;d ListOutputDoc In this case, the contents of ListOutputDoc are overwritten. ListOutputDoc must be an existing document object. If you want…
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You can also use processing options to set and reset keywords for your objects. The option syntax is similar to the selection syntax for keywords. You specify the processing option “;k” followed by the keyword. For example, the following command assigns the keyword “Customer_Forms” to all Form objects with names starting with “fCust”: ZOMSet fCust*…
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You can use processing options to set and reset any of the user-designated status properties. The option syntax is similar to the selection syntax for status properties. Specify the processing option ;p followed by the status property indicator. For example, the following command assigns the locked property to all Entity Set objects: ZOMSet +t Ent…
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