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Appendix B Command Syntax
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QOPEN Console
Message
Opens a new queue of OS printer console
messages.
QOPEN([%ObjIDArray])==>%QueueID
QPREVIEW Console
Message Previews the current message on the screen
(before it enters the queue). QPREVIEW(%QueueID,$ResultArray)==>%Ret
Code
QREAD Console
Message Reads the next message from a message queue. QREAD(%QueueID,$MsgArray,%Wait[<$Filter]
)
==>$MsgLine
QSKIP Console
Message
Moves a current message pointer for a queue. QSKIP(%QueueID,%Skip)
REPEAT Flow
Control Repeats a sequence of commands until an
expression evaluates to TRUE. REPEAT…UNTIL
REPSTR Variable Returns a string repeated a specified number of
times. REPSTR($String,%Count)==>$RepeatedString
RETURN Flow
Control
Returns execution to the calling routine, passing
an optional return value.
RETURN[Expression]
RIGHTSTR Variable Returns the rightmost specified number of
characters of a string expression.
RIGHTSTR($String,%Count)==>$Substr
SCANB Console
Message
Same as SCANP except for use with the
BLOCKSCSN command.
SCANB(%Port,$Text,*Found)
SCANP Console
Message Searches a console for a specified character
string. SCANP(%Port,$Text,%Wait,*Found[,$Array])
SCRIPTCANCEL Scriptin
g
Obtains the system integer file descriptor from a
file handle
SCRIPTCANCEL($ScriptName,$Class,$Name)
SCRIPTGETACTIVE Scriptin
g
Retrieves information on all active scripts into an
associative array.
SCRIPTGETACTIVE($AssocArray)==>%ErrCod
e
SCRNTEXT Console
Message
A full or partial screen snapshot—returns
characters from a console screen.
SCRNTEXT(%Port,%Start,%Length==>$Text
SECONDS Time Returns the time value for the current time. SECONDS()==>%EpochSeconds