The OSMOSiS COMMON block.

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Description

The OSMOSiS COMMON block.

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Index Variable Name Description 0 C Used by NC90, Keyboard entry to specify the column on a character screen to enter data. 1 L Used by NC90, to specify the row on the character screen to enter data. 2 ZVAL Used by NC90, to hold the data to use as the input default and will also contain the data upon exiting NC90. 3 TYP Used by NC90, specifies the type of data to be entered, which acts as an initial validation process as well. 0=Alphanumeric, 1=Numeric, 2=Date, 3=Time, 4-7 mirror 0-3, but are protected entries i.e. do not display data. 4 Fmt Used by NC90, Multi-Value format for data entry e.g. "L(#10)" or "R24(#8)" 5 MSG Used by NC90, the initial help message for the data entry. 6 LKUP Used by NC90, this is the name of any file that should be used as a search facility against the field entry.

To use NC90 as a keyboard entry routine the above fields must be set and then NC90 is called from your Basic routine. This routine is only applicable to the character-based system and is not relevant to VB.

Index Variable Name Description 7 INPUT.PROMPTS Reserved for OSMOSiS. 8 ERRORS Reserved for OSMOSiS. 9 DS Reserved for OSMOSiS. 10 PORT See appendix A - PORT 11 CONTROL See appendix B - CONTROL 12 CTLFL The file variable that the file "_CONTROL" is opened to. 13 HEAD During character-based operation the screen heading is created and stored against this variable. The screen heading is comprised of the time and date on the left, routine title in the centre and the port & account name on the right side. 14 OPNO Contains the attribute of the object opened. 15 MVNO Contains the multi-value position of the object opened. 16 ADDNEW During maintenance: 0=amend, 1=insert new, 2=delete. 17 REDISP During a maintenance routine 0=ignore, 1=redisplay screen as last viewed, 2=redisplay by 'recalculating' all objects. 18 ENDIT During a maintenance routine 0=ignore, 1=skip this object and any other value will skip this and the next x-1 objects. 19 RECKEY The key to the record being enquired, amended etc. 20 VALUE The current value of the object opened.

The following page contains variables that are reserved for OSMOSiS use.

Index Variable Name Description 21 NCFLS Reserved for OSMOSiS. 22 NCSNMS Reserved for OSMOSiS. 23 NCDX Reserved for OSMOSiS. 24 NCSNM Reserved for OSMOSiS. 25 LTRNM Reserved for OSMOSiS. 26 POSN Reserved for OSMOSiS. 27 SPCDS Reserved for OSMOSiS. 28 PLL Reserved for OSMOSiS. 29 PCC Reserved for OSMOSiS. 30 PST1 Reserved for OSMOSiS. 31 PST2 Reserved for OSMOSiS. 32 SCVAL Reserved for OSMOSiS. 33 SCVAL1 Reserved for OSMOSiS. 34 NONB Reserved for OSMOSiS. 35 HD Reserved for OSMOSiS. 36 SCR Reserved for OSMOSiS.

The following variables are used within the character-based system for controlling the display window.

37 CCOL The current left margin. 38 CLN The current top row 39 FCOL The physical left column of the window on the screen. 40 FLN The physical top row of the window on the screen. 41 LCOL The physical right column of the window on the screen. 42 LLN The physical bottom row of the window on the screen. 43 SSZ The total number of physical column positions on screen. 44 LSZ The total number of physical rows on the screen. 45 SSET The escape sequence used to set screen 'width'. 46 COLON The current colours escape sequence. 47 COLOFF The escape sequence to switch back to standard colour. 48 TSLS Reserved for OSMOSiS.

The following group of variables are used by the character-based system for emulation specific functions.

49 TERMCHK The current terminal emulation code 50 F1K The character sequence for the abort 'key' for this terminal. 51 ESC The character representing the escape key for this terminal. 52 HV The escape sequence for dim/half video for this terminal 53 FV The escape sequence to switch back to normal video. 54 RV.ON The escape sequence for reverse video for this terminal. 55 RV.OFF The escape sequence to turn off reverse video.

The following group determines level of execution, level of screens and the parameters of menu selection.

Index Variable Name Description 56 LEVEL The normal level from the menu selections 57 ELEVEL The execute level of this routine 58 SLEVEL The level of the screen within this routine 59 MSINP In the GUI system, this is the form name 60 MSON This is the menu line, in the same format as stored in the _MENUS record

The following are variables normally associated with the run-time executed of OSMOSiS applications:

1. LD This is the content of the current record opened. This is the area that the normal data entry is stored to. 2 Work A work area for the developer to use as temporary storage. This can also be used to enter data into. 3 Otherec An area that can be referenced by default, validation and process calculations. It is normally used to store data from a related record/file. 4 Logicfl Available for the developer. 5 Action An alternative to ADDNEW above, which is also set by OSMOSiS 1=insert new, 2=amend and 3=delete, for SB+ compatibility. 6 Itemdet The screen definition line of the object being processed. See appendix C for contents of ITEMDET. 7 Mnflnm The main file name being referenced. 8 Mflno The number of the main file's file variable in OPENFLS. 9 Orig The original record, stored as the record was read at the beginning of the maintenance sequence. 10 Lockedkey The key string that was used to lock the record when maintenance read the main record. 11 ScrImage The whole screen definition of the screen currently being processed. 12 StatusLine Available for the developer. 13 BoxParms The co-ordinates of the current window being displayed. 14 Outval Available for the developer. 15 OvFlags Available for the developer. 16 Fxrefno Available for the developer. 17 Fxref Available for the developer. 18 VBTERM Set to 1 if the session is a GUI 79-88 Userdta (10) Array of 10. Available for the developer 89-108 Reserved1 (20) Array of 20. Reserved for future developments 109 MenuNo The number of the menu item selected 110 Prgnm The name of the program executed fro the menu 111 Filesopened List of files opened for the developer 112-151 Parmsa (40) Array of 40. Available for the developer 152-171 Parmsb (20) Array of 20. Available for the developer 172-191 Misc (20) Array of 20. Available for the developer 192 OSMOSiSCTL OSMOSiS's revision number 193 Ptrid Printer Emulation record. See appendix D - PTRID 194 Passed Reserved for OSMOSiS 195 Ukeys Reserved for OSMOSiS