The size of the terminal screen in character rows. Syntax $screenheight Return Value A number. Cannot be reset by an application program. Description $ScreenHeight gives the height of the terminal screen in character rows. In graphic environments, the number of rows depends on the font and point size used in the application window (BACKSCREEN). See…
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The elapsed number of seconds since 12:00 am, 1 January 1970. Syntax $timesecs Return Value A number. Cannot be reset by an application program. Description The number of seconds that have elapsed since 12:00 am on 1 January 1970. This variable is useful for measuring the number of seconds between two events. See Also $Date…
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A binary true value for comparison. Syntax $true Return Value Binary true (“1”). Cannot be reset by an application program. Description A “true” value for comparisons in logic expressions. Example if Event.ScrollingKey = $True … commands … endif See Also $False $Null
The current date. Syntax $date Return Value A number in date format (YYYYMMDD). Cannot be reset by an application program. Description The current date, as set in the operating system. Example From the zim prompt: out $date This extracts the DATE from the TIMESTAMP and then prints the proper $DayName. OUT $DayName($GetUTCDate($TimeSecs)) See Also $adddays…
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The logical width of the current window in columns. Syntax $window pswidth Return Value A number. Cannot be reset by an application program. Description The logical width of the current window in character columns. The $WindowPSWidth function is reset when the current window changes. See Also ThisWindow WINDOW SET CURRENT WINDOW SET OUTPUT
The logical height of the current window in rows. Syntax $windowpsheight Return Value A number. Cannot be reset by an application program. Description The logical height of the current window in character rows. The $WindowPSHeight function is reset when the current window changes. See Also ThisWindow WINDOW SET CURRENT WINDOW SET OUTPUT
Indicates if the application user has pressed the “break” key. Syntax $breakflag Return Value Binary. Can be reset by an application program. Description At the start of an application session, $BreakFlag is set to “0” ($False). Set to “1” ($True) if the application user presses the “break” key. The application program must reset the variable…
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The number of records processed by the most recent set-processing command. Syntax $membercount Return Value A number. Can be reset by an application program. Description The number of records processed by the most recent set-processing command. See Also ADD CHANGE COMPUTE DELETE FIND INSERT LIST REPORT FROM SELECT SORT UPDATE System Variables
Indicates the operating system under which ZXCLIENT is currently running. Syntax $ClientOS Return Value A number according to the following table. It cannot be reset by an application program. Value Operating System 1 Microsoft Windows 4 Linux in General 5 Android 6 iOS 7 OS X
$DBPath File system path to the directory in which the application database is stored. Syntax $dbpath Return Value A character string. Cannot be reset by an application program. Description The $DBPath function is set to the value of the DBPath entry in the registry, or the value of the [ZIM] environment variable. If neither of…
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