Assign a value to a local variable, global variable or system variable. You cannot assign a value to a dynamic variable.
The values assigned with SET are only valid
for the current Entire Connection session.
Using the command line or terminal emulation keys, you can only assign values to global variables and system variables.
SET variable {string|variable}...
Set the system variable LOGON to
YES:
SET LOGON YES
Set the global variable +PARM1 to
LOGON = YES:
SET +PARM1 'LOGON = YES'
Set the file name for PCFILE 5 to
Test.ncd:
SET PCFILE 5 DOWN DATA Test.ncd
Set the XSL stylesheet type and the name of the stylesheet for download to XML:
SET PCFILE 7 DOWN CONVERT text/xsl http://PCxyz/xml/employ2.xsl
See also: Specifying a File Name Using the SET Command in the Terminal Emulation documentation.
Set the local variable #PARM1 to the value
which occurs on the terminal emulation screen, starting at row 2, column 1 for
a length of 80 characters:
SET #PARM1 *SCREEN 2 1 80
The syntax for *SCREEN is:
*SCREEN [row column length]
row is a value between 1 and 25.
column is a value between 1 and 80.
length is a value between 1 and 80.
Set the local variable #ENVIRONMENT to the
value of the DOS environment parameter PATH:
SET #ENVIRONMENT PATH
Findfile.ncp
None
SET PCFILE The file extension defined with SET PCFILE indicates the
type of dynamic format conversion that is to be used.
| Format | Extension |
|---|---|
| ASCII | Any other extension not included in this table (e.g. *.ncd, *.ncs, *.ncm, *.ncr etc.) |
| Basic | *.prn |
| Binary | Any binary file with any extension. The transfer format for Natural is one record with a single binary field. |
| COBOL | *.ncc |
| dBase III | *.dbf |
| Data Interchange Format | *.dif |
| Encryption | *.enc |
| Excel | *.xls or *.xlsx (depending on the Excel version) |
| HTML | *.htm or *.html. This is a specific HTML format that can also be opened with Excel. |
| Lotus | *.wks, *.wk1, *.wkl |
| Multiplan | *.mpn |
| XML | *.xml |
A file name is automatically generated, if you specify
~~RANDOM instead of a file name in the SET PCFILE
statement. The file name is then generated as follows:
ddhhmmss.xxx
dd is the current day of the month as determined by the system date.
hhmmss is the current time as determined by the system time.
xxx is one of the following file extensions:
ncd, if an extension was not provided for data. Example:
SET PCFILE 5 DOWN DATA ~~RANDOM
ncr, if an extension was not provided for a report. Example:
SET PCFILE 5 DOWN REPORT ~~RANDOM
The extension that was specified with ~~RANDOM. Example:
SET PCFILE 5 DOWN DATA ~~RANDOM.XYZ
| Procedure File: | Yes |
| Command Line: | Yes - depends on the type of variable. There are restrictions
for system
variables concerning whether and where the
SET command can be used.
|
| Key: | Yes |
| API: | Yes |
