Category: ZIM 4GL Language Reference

Obtain the name of the current event. Syntax $ObjEventName Return Value Returns a string. Warning COM objects are being discontinued by Microsoft and may not be available in future releases of Zim-X.

The name of the database as provided in the connection. Syntax $dbname Return Value A character string. Cannot be reset by an application program. Description The $DBName function is set to the value of the database name provided as a connection parameter. See Also $DBPath

The file system path for the Zim Server Access Modules (SAM). Syntax $sqlpath Value The pathname of the directory pointed to by the SQLCPI variable. Description The SQLCPI variable is defined in the registry. The SQLCPI variable indicates the directory containing the Zim Server Access Modules.

The field number of the current form field. Syntax $fieldnum Return Value A number. ZIM sets the $FieldNum to the field number (FNum) of the form field in which the cursor is located when FORM INPUT terminates. Comments The combination of $FormNum, $Subscript and $FieldNum can uniquely identify a particular form field in a Zim…
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The current instance of the current form Syntax $subscript n Parameters n Any numeric value between 1 and 8 Comments In combination of $FormNum, $subscript, $ FieldNum can uniquely identify a particular for field in a Zim display. Example form set (reverse) ($ formnum,$ fieldnum,$subscript) Sets the current instance of a repeated form to reverse…
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Returns a cryptographic 128-bit hash value. Syntax $md5(expression) Parameters expression an expression that evaluates to a string Return Value The value returned by $MD5 is a hexadecimal 32-characters long string representing the cryptographic hash value of the expression used as the argument. Example out $md5(1) 45954632C04A953592D33FDC5F59A64C out $md5(“1”) C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B The returned values are different because…
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Provides the failure error code returned by a component function. Syntax $ObjErrCode Return Value Number (LONGINT). Can be reset by an application program. Comments The variable gives the failure error code returned by a component function. This variable is set to $null when a component operation triggers a Zim error and is set to a…
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Destroy an ActiveX object. Syntax $ObjDestroy (Object) Parameters Object a component object variable or formfield of type OLE Return Value Returns a boolean; TRUE if the object was destroyed. In Zim 7.1, setting an object to $Null will also destroy it.  This is the preferred method of releasing an object.  For example: Let MyObj =…
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Provides the name of the ActiveX object that triggered an exception. Syntax $ObjErrObjectType Return Value Character string (VARALPHA). Can be reset by an application program. Comments The variable gives the name of the ActiveX object that triggered an exception in the component. This variable is set to $null when a component operation triggers a Zim…
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