Sets the format of the application document.
SET DOCUMENT FORMAT UTF-8|ANSI|DBCHARSET
| UTF-8 | Selects the UTF-8 character set and writes a UTF-8 BOM at the beginning of the file. |
| ANSI | Selects the ANSII character set. |
| DBCHARSET | Selects the character set used by the current database. |
Identifies the character set used by application documents.
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Activates or deactivates the use of the message window for system messages.
SET MESSAGES WINDOW ON|OFF
The MESSAGES WINDOW option is set OFF by default.
When MESSAGES WINDOW is OFF, system messages are displayed line-by-line in the application window (BACKSCREEN). By setting MESSAGES WINDOW ON, you enable a pop-up window for the display of all system messages that are not currently suppressed.
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Makes a specified result set the current set.
SET CURRENTSET setname
| setname | The name of an existing result set. |
Normally, the current set is the result set produced as a result of the last FIND command executed. SET CURRENTSET enables you to select another existing result set to use as the current set.
The SET CURRENTSET command takes effect immediately upon parsing or compilation, not just when the compiled program is executed.
The SET CURRENTSET command is not affected by the SET RESET and SET RESTORE commands.
procedure test3 (a,b)
if a = b
find Employees -> EmpSet
else
find Departments -> DeptSet
endif
if a = b
set currentset EmpSet
let a = LastName
endif
The SET CURRENTSET command ensures that the correct set is recognized as the current set.
Specifies how a field’s ListWidth is treated in a LIST command.
SET OUTPUT FIELDLISTWIDTH ON|OFF
The OUTPUT FIELDLISTWIDTH option is set ON by default.
When OUTPUT FIELDLISTWIDTH is ON, the LIST command formats output according to each field’s established ListWidth. Setting FIELDLISTWIDTH to OFF causes the software to ignore the established ListWidth and to format all fields to their maximum length. Fields with an established ListWidth of -1 therefore appear in the output.
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Controls how special characters in unstructured application documents are treated.
SET SPECIALSCAN ON|OFF
The SET SPECIALSCAN command is set ON by default.
When SPECIALSCAN is ON, the backslash () and asterisk (*) characters have special meanings when they appear in an unstructured application document that is being used as a data source in an ADD or CHANGE command. Setting SPECIALSCAN to OFF causes the backslash and asterisk to be treated as normal characters by these commands.
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Translates carriage return/line feed sequences.
SET EOLNTRANSLATE string
| string | Any expression that evaluates to a character string from one to five characters in length. If string is longer than five characters, only the first five characters are used. |
If the software encounters a carriage return/line feed combination in a database field when outputting that field to an application document, the carriage return/line feed combination is substituted for string. If the software encounters string during a read of an application document, the string generates a carriage return/line feed combination.
In operations that write data to an application document, the software substitutes the specified EOLTRANSLATE string for each carriage return/line feed sequence detected in the output from a single field. In operations that read data from an application document, the software substitutes a carriage return/line feed sequence for each EOLTRANSLATE string it detects in a single field.
Determines if compiled versions of application programs are to be executed.
SET [LOCAL] RUNTIME ON|OFF
Specifies if the Runtime system is to be available for program execution. When RUNTIME is set OFF, compiled programs are treated as if they are not compiled.
A SET LOCAL RUNTIME command can be used inside a program to make the Runtime system locally available to that program when RUNTIME is globally switched off. If that program subsequently calls another program, however, the Runtime system is unavailable within the second program.
The SET RUNTIME command is not affected by the SET RESET and SET RESTORE commands.
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Controls tracing of retrieval strategy information.
SET STRATEGY ON|OFF
The SET STRATEGY command is OFF by default.
When SET STRATEGY is set ON, the software displays the chosen retrieval strategy for each command that accesses the database (i.e., FIND, COMPUTE, LIST, REPORT FROM, CHANGE, ADD, DELETE, SELECT, UPDATE). The retrieval strategy information is written to the destination specified in the last SET TRACE OUTPUT command.
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Controls the display of a XMLHEADER.
SET XMLHEADER ON|OFF
When outputting data using the XML or XMLSIMPLE formats, a standard ISO header can be attached to the resulting document.
set save
set output format xmlsimple
set XMLHEADER on
set output MyDoc
list 1 Docs
set restore
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Switches the display of the text-entry cursor on or off.
SET CURSOR ON|OFF
The CURSOR option is set ON by default.
When CURSOR is ON, the text-entry cursor is displayed on the screen when a text form field has focus. You can switch the text-entry cursor off when its logical location is already indicated by enhanced display attributes in the form field (specified using the FORM SET command). For example, you could switch the text-entry cursor off in menus.
Some terminal types do not enable the text-entry cursor to be switched off; in these cases, SET CURSOR OFF has no effect. In some environments with attached terminals, the sequences that turn the text-entry cursor on and off must be included in your terminal description file.
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