This document covers the following topics:
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| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable indicates that the application is running in a web browser. An
application can run in a web browser either via the Natural Web I/O Interface or by using Natural for Ajax. An
application that is running with the Natural Web I/O Interface can use maps. An
application that is running with Natural for Ajax can use both maps and rich GUI pages
(using the PROCESS PAGE
statement).
This system variable may contain one of the following values:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| (empty) | The application is not running in a web browser. |
| WEB | The application is running with the Natural Web I/O Interface. It cannot use
the PROCESS PAGE
statement.
|
| RICHGUI | The application is running with Natural for Ajax. It can use the PROCESS PAGE statement.
|
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| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable contains the device type/mode from which Natural has been invoked. It may contain one of the following values:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| BATCH | Batch mode. |
| COLOR | 3279 compatibility.
3278 screen device (device with extended attribute support). |
| VIDEO | 3270 screen device, PC screen device, VT or X terminal or any type of Linux terminal. |
| TTY | Teletype or other start/stop device. |
| PC | Usage of Natural Connection has been activated (by profile parameter
PC=ON or terminal
command %+).
|
| BTX | BTX device. |
| SPOOL | 3270 printer device. |
| ASYNCH | Asynchronous session. |
| BROWSER | Web I/O screen device (server environment). |
Note
In a server environment, *DEVICE contains the value
BROWSER. This holds even if the server is running in a batch environment.
The reason is that the device which makes the output is the browser.
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| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable is applicable under Natural Security only. It contains the ID via which a user is logged on to a protected library, that is, the ID via which the user is linked to the library. This may be either the ID of the group via which the user is linked or the user's own ID (if he or she is linked directly).
*GROUP will be blank under the following conditions:
in the case of a logon to an unprotected library (where no link is used),
if Natural Security is not active.
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| Content modifiable: | Yes |
This system variable contains the name of the hardcopy device which will be used when the
terminal command %H
is used.
| Format/length: | A8 |
| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable contains the user ID of the user.
| Com-plete | The value of *INIT-USER is the
Com-plete logon user ID.
|
|---|---|
| CICS | The value of *INIT-USER is
determined by the USERID parameter of the macro NTCICSP, where the first subparameter applies to
CICS terminal sessions, the second subparameter applies to non-terminal sessions
(for example, asynchronous sessions or sessions launched through DPL), and the
third subparameter applies to DTP sessions.
A specification of
A specification of A specification of When a CICS user ID is invalid or ignored, the edited (unpacked) CICS task number is taken for non-terminal sessions, such as asynchronous sessions or sessions launched through DPL. For terminal sessions, the 3-byte CICS operator ID is taken when it is non-blank; otherwise, the CICS terminal ID is taken. For DTP sessions, the pseudo terminal ID is taken. |
| IMS TM | The value of *INIT-USER is the
IMS TM sign-on user ID.
|
| TSO | The value of *INIT-USER is the
TSO logon user ID.
|
*INIT-USER contains the name of the job or the user ID
under which the Natural session is running.
| z/OS | The value of *INIT-USER is determined by the
keyword subparameter USERID of profile parameter OSP or macro
NTOSP.
|
|---|---|
| Natural for IMS TM:
BMP |
The value of *INIT-USER is
determined by the USERID keyword subparameter of
the NTIMSPE macro. If USERID=ON,
the value will be taken from the security access control block (ACEE) of the
security package (for example, RACF or ACF2) being used. If
USERID=OFF, the value of
*INIT-USER is determined by the name of the job
under which the Natural session is running. If no security package is used, the
value will be taken from the USER parameter in the job
card. If no USER parameter is specified, the value will
be same as with USERID=OFF.
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| Content modifiable: | Yes |
This system variable contains the language indicator (language code). This language
indicator is used for edit masks of date fields, Natural error messages and user error
messages as used in the statements INPUT and REINPUT.
A one-character code is assigned to each language code; this one-character code is used
to replace all ampersand characters (&) in names of language-specific objects (for
example, maps, dialogs, helproutines, subprograms). For details on the use of the
ampersand character in Natural object names, see the descriptions of the statements
CALLNAT
(operand1), FETCH
(operand1), INCLUDE
(copycode-name) and INPUT (USING MAP)
and the session parameter HE
(operand1).
You can specify up to 60 different language codes. The codes are listed below.
The system variable *LANGUAGE is set by the Natural profile
parameter ULANG which
determines the language to be used for date edit masks, system messages, user messages,
help texts, help routines and multi-lingual maps.
The compiler always uses only the current value of
*LANGUAGE to determine the map name. During runtime,
Natural tries to read the map with the current *LANGUAGE
setting first. If not found, then it tries to find the map with the default language.
For details on how to use language codes, see also Multilingual User Interfaces in the Programming Guide.
The following languages are assigned to the individual language codes (the right-hand column shows the corresponding one-character codes to be used in names of language-specific objects):
Left-to-Right Single-Byte Languages without Latin Lower Case
Bi-directional Single-Byte Languages without Latin Lower Case
| Code | Language | Character Code in Language-Specific Object Names |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 1 |
| 2 | German | 2 |
| 3 | French | 3 |
| 4 | Spanish | 4 |
| 5 | Italian | 5 |
| 6 | Dutch | 6 |
| 7 | Turkish | 7 |
| 8 | Danish | 8 |
| 9 | Norwegian | 9 |
| 10 | Albanian | A |
| 11 | Portuguese | B |
| 12 | Chinese Latin (Taiwan) | C |
| 13 | Czech | D |
| 14 | Slovak | E |
| 15 | Finnish | F |
| 16 | Hungarian | G |
| 17 | Icelandic | H |
| 18 | Korean | I |
| 19 | Polish | J |
| 20 | Romanian | K |
| 21 | Swedish | L |
| 22 | Croatian | M |
| 23 | Catalan | N |
| 24 | Basque | O |
| 25 | Afrikaans | P |
| Code | Language | Character Code in Language-Specific Object Names |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Bulgarian | Q |
| 27 | Greek | R |
| 28 | Japanese (Katakana) | S |
| 29 | Russian | T |
| 30 | Serbian | U |
| Code | Language | Character Code in Language-Specific Object Names |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Arabic | V |
| 32 | Farsi (Iran) | W |
| 33 | Hebrew | X |
| 34 | Urdu (Pakistan) | Y |
| 35 | (reserved for future use) | Z |
| 36 | (reserved for future use) | a |
| 37 | (reserved for future use) | b |
| 38 | (reserved for future use) | c |
| 39 | (reserved for future use) | d |
| 40 | (reserved for future use) | e |
| Code | Language | Character Code in Language-Specific Object Names |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | (free for you to assign a language) | f |
| 42 | (free for you to assign a language) | g |
| 43 | (free for you to assign a language) | h |
| 44 | (free for you to assign a language) | i |
| 45 | (free for you to assign a language) | j |
| 46 | (free for you to assign a language) | k |
| 47 | (free for you to assign a language) | l |
| 48 | (free for you to assign a language) | m |
| 49 | (free for you to assign a language) | n |
| 50 | (free for you to assign a language) | o |
| Code | Language | Character Code in Language-Specific Object Names |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Hindi | p |
| 52 | Malayan | q |
| 53 | Thai | r |
| 54 | (reserved for future use) | s |
| 55 | (reserved for future use) | t |
| 56 | (reserved for future use) | u |
| Code | Language | Character Code in Language-Specific Object Names |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | Chinese (People's Republic of China) | v |
| 58 | Chinese (Republic of China) | w |
| 59 | Japanese (Kanji) | x |
| 60 | Korean | y |
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| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable contains the Natural version (excluding the cumulative fix information), for example: 04.02.01.
The cumulative fix information is contained in the system variable *PATCH-LEVEL.
For further information, see Version in the Glossary.
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| Content modifiable: | No |
The value of *NET-USER is identical to the one of
*USER.
| Format/length: | A253 |
| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable contains the name of the parameter module currently in use
(if PARM=name has not been specified as
a dynamic parameter, *PARM-USER contains blanks).
| Format/length: | A8 |
| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable contains the current cumulative fix number. See also the system
variable *NATVERS and
Version in the Glossary.
| Format/length: | A32 |
| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable contains a unique session ID.
| Format/length: | L |
| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable indicates whether a screen I/O is possible or not.
It can contain one of the following values:
| TRUE | Screen I/O is possible. |
|---|---|
| FALSE | Screen I/O is not possible. |
In an interactive Natural session, *SCREEN-IO is initialized
with TRUE. In a Natural batch session,
*SCREEN-IO is initialized with FALSE (except
for a Natural Development Server).
If Natural was started as a Db2 Stored Procedures server (*SERVER-TYPE=DB2-SP) or as RPC server
(*SERVER-TYPE=RPC) *SCREEN-IO is set to
FALSE.
When *SCREEN-IO is set to FALSE and a statement
which requires user interaction is executed, Natural issues error NAT0723.
| Format/length: | A32 |
| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable indicates the server type Natural has been started as.
It can contain one of the following values:
| DB2-SP | Natural Db2 Stored Procedures server |
|---|---|
| DEVELOP | Natural development server |
| RPC | Natural RPC server |
| WEBIO | Natural Web I/O Interface server |
If Natural is not started as a server, *SERVER-TYPE is set
to blanks.
Note
*SERVER-TYPE refers to Natural as a whole, not to
the Natural program currently being executed (which may run as a client program or as a
server program within a server Natural).
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| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable indicates the type of user interface being used:
| CHARACTER | Character-oriented user interface. |
|---|---|
| GUI | Graphical user interface. |
| Format/length: | A8 |
| Content modifiable: | No |
This system variable contains the user ID as taken from the Natural Security logon.
If the profile parameter AUTO=ON (Automatic Logon) is set or if Natural
Security is not active, the value of *USER is identical to
that of *INIT-USER.
| Format/length: | A32 |
| Content modifiable: | No |
If Natural Security is installed, this variable contains the name of the user who is currently logged on to Natural.
If Natural Security is not active, the default is SYSTEM.
