This Natural profile parameter is used to place data/commands on the Natural stack.
Note:
If STACK is used, a colon (:) must be
specified with the profile (or session) parameters DC, HI, IA, ID and
STACKD.
| Possible settings | any character string | See below. |
|---|---|---|
| Default setting | HELLO |
|
| Dynamic specification | yes | |
| Specification within session | no |
The stack can contain a sequence of Natural commands and/or user-specified commands, together with their data, for execution at the beginning of the Natural session.
The command stack is processed before the user is prompted for input on
the screen (TP mode) or data are read from
CMSYNIN/CMOBJIN files; see
Natural in
Batch Mode in the Operations
documentation.
If an INPUT
statement is encountered during stack processing, the corresponding input
screen is generated only if the required input data were not supplied with the
command when the stack was created. Any reports generated during stack
processing are displayed as usual.
Each system or user-defined command can be optionally followed by data
which are used to satisfy requests for information required during the
processing of the command. The character string provided as data for the
STACK parameter must be enclosed in parentheses. If the
command is a user command (that is, the name of a user program), any data
provided resolve the data requirements of INPUT statements within the user
program.
Multiple settings for one INPUT statement are separated
by a comma (,).
Data for multiple INPUT statements are separated by a
colon (:).
Commands are separated by the stack delimiter character defined by
profile parameter STACKD. The default setting
is a semicolon (;).
STACK=(LOGON USER1;UCMD1 A,B;UCMD2 C,D:E;FIN) STACK=OFF No STACK data. STACK=UCMND Execute command UCMND No embedded blanks. STACK=(CMD DATA:DATA;CMD...) Place commands/data on stack.
Since some commands (for example, GLOBALS) do
not read parameters by INPUT, a blank character should be used
rather than a colon to delimit a command from the first parameter data
element.
STACK='LOGON SYSTEM'
Because the macro assembler does not allow embedded blanks within parentheses, the character string must be enclosed in apostrophes when specified as static parameter.
