MV.PRESERVE.COM Statement

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Description

This routine will save or restore the commonly used COMMON variables into/from an array.

Syntax

MV.PRESERVE.COM (Option, MAT SaveArea)

Variable Description Range/Comments Option Determines whether to save or restore 0 to 3 MAT SaveArea An array to store the COMMON variables Must have 52 elements

The list below is of the COMMON variables that are affected by this routine, in order that they are stored in the array SaveArea.

The Option variable can be:

Option Description 0 Save these COMMON variables (see below for a list of the variables stored) 1 Restore all COMMON variables from the array 2 Restore the variables except the first 4 from the list below 3 Restore the variables 11 to 18 from the list below

Remarks

The COMMON variables stored/restored (in strict order as stored in the array):

Array No. COMMON variable Description 1 FLD Contents of the main record affected 2 RECKEY Id to the main record 3 Work Work area 4 Otherec Another work area 5 Logicfl Logical file name 6 MVNO Current multi-value line no. 7 Action Type of maintenance 8 Itemdet Current field details 9 Mnflnm Main record's file 10 Mflno Opened main file variable 11 Orig Original FLD record 12 Lockedkey Main file key locked 13 HEAD Header text 14 ScrImage Current screen 15 StatusLine Status line text 16 BoxParms Last box coordinates 17 Outval Output value 18 OvFlags Output value flags 19 Fxrefno Cross reference file 20 Fxref Cross reference details 21 VBTERM 0=not GUI, 1=GUI 22 VBDATA GUI information 23-32 Userdta User specific array 33-52 Reserved1 OSMOSiS reserved array