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— Statements —

SET CONTROL

SET
                        		  CONTROL

operand1 ...

This document covers the following topics:

Function
Syntax Description
Examples

For an explanation of the symbols used in the syntax diagram, see Syntax Symbols.

Function

The SET CONTROL statement is used to perform terminal commands from within a program.

Syntax Description

Operand Definition Table:

Operand	Possible Structure					Possible Formats													Referencing Permitted	Dynamic Definition
`operand1`	C	S				A													yes	no

Syntax Element Description:

Syntax Element Description

Syntax Element	Description
`operand1`	Terminal Commands to be Performed: The terminal commands are specified as `operand1` without the control character `%` (by default). They can be specified as a text constant or as the content of an alphanumeric variable. For further information on terminal commands, see the Terminal Commands documentation.


                        			operand1

Terminal Commands to be Performed:

The terminal commands are specified as operand1 without the control character % (by default). They can be specified as a text constant or as the content of an alphanumeric variable.

For further information on terminal commands, see the Terminal Commands documentation.

Examples

Example 1 - Switching to Lower Case
Example 2 - Activating Hardcopy Output Destination

Example 1 - Switching to Lower Case

...
SET CONTROL 'L'    
...

Switches to lower case (equivalent to the terminal command %L).

Example 2 - Activating Hardcopy Output Destination

...
SET CONTROL 'HDEST'...

Activates hardcopy output to destination DEST (equivalent to the terminal command %Hdestination).

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