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This document covers the following topics:

• *CODEPAGE

• *HARDWARE

• *HOSTNAME

• *INIT-ID

• *INIT-PROGRAM

• *LOCALE

• *MACHINE-CLASS

• *OPSYS

• *OS

• *OSVERS

• *TP

• *TPSYS

• *TPVERS

• *WINMGR

• *WINMGRVERS

*CODEPAGE

This system variable returns the IANA name of the default code page which is internally used by Natural for conversions to and from Unicode and which is set by the Natural profile parameter CP.

Note:
*CODEPAGE is also the default if a code page is not specified in a MOVE ENCODED statement.

Example:

ISO-8859-1

*HARDWARE

This system variable contains the name of the hardware platform on which Natural is running. This value is supplied by the operating system.

*HOSTNAME

The name of the machine Natural runs on.

*INIT-ID

*INIT-ID contains the ID of the device from which Natural was invoked.

*INIT-PROGRAM

*INIT-PROGRAM contains the value Natural.

In a Natural Development Server environment using Com-plete or Com-plete/SMARTS, *INIT-PROGRAM is set according to the Com-plete/SMARTS startup option INSTALLATION. The default content is ********.

*LOCALE

This system variable contains the language and country of the current locale, which specifies the Unicode collation sequence.

Example:

en_US

*MACHINE-CLASS

This system variable contains the name of the machine class on which Natural is running.

It can contain one of the following values:

MAINFRAME
PC
UNIX
VMS

*OPSYS

This system variable contains the Natural name of the operating system that is being used.

It can contain one of the following values:

Note:
Instead of *OPSYS, it is recommended that the system variables *MACHINE-CLASS, *HARDWARE and *OS be used, as they allow a more precise distinction of the environment in which Natural is running.

*OS

This system variable contains the name of the operating system under which Natural is running. This value is supplied by the operating system and may be subject to change.

*OSVERS

This system variable contains the version number of the operating system under which Natural is running. This value is supplied by the operating system and may be subject to change.

*TP

It contains the name of the TP subsystem under which Natural is running. This value is supplied by the operating system and may be subject to change.

*TPSYS

This system variable contains the Natural name of the TP monitor or environment that is being used.

It can contain one of the following values:

AIM/DC
CICS
COMPLETE
IMS/DC
OS/400
SERVSTUB (Natural Development Server)
TIAM
TSO
TSS
UTM

On mainframe platforms, *TPSYS will be blank in batch mode.

On Windows, UNIX and OpenVMS platforms, *TPSYS will be NONE.

*TPVERS

It contains the version of the TP subsystem under which Natural is running. This value is supplied by the operating system and may be subject to change.

If no TP monitor is used, *TPVERS will be blank.

*WINMGR

If a graphical user interface is used, this system variable contains the name of the window manager being used (for example, MOTIF or PM).

If a character-oriented user interface is used, *WINMGR will be blank.

The type of user interface is indicated by the value of the system variable *UI.

*WINMGRVERS

If a graphical user interface is used, this system variable contains the version number of the window manager being used.

If a character-oriented user interface is used, *WINMGRVERS will be blank.

The type of user interface is indicated by the value of the system variable *UI.

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