The following system variables allow you to query (and set) the current OpenInsight environment.

Variable

Description

@ADMIN

The level of the user currently logged on.  There are 3 possible values:

0

User

1

Administrator

2

Systems Administrator

@APPID

The fully specified application inheritance chain (@FM-delimited) for the current application. The first name is always the current application, the last name is always SYSPROG, and any other applications inherited are in the middle.

@APPINFO

A field mark delimited array containing information about all applications in the system.  In the SYSAPPS file is one row for each defined application.  The information for the current application is copied into @APPINFO.  The following fields are defined:

Field Number

Meaning

1

Application title

2

Database ID

3

Application's inheritance chain (starting from SYSPROG)

4

   Date and time created

5

Company name

6

Author

7

Create permissions (multivalue field)

8

Abstract

9

Document references (multivalue field)

10

Tool types for documents (multivalue field)

11

Application entry point id

12

Application entry point class id

13

Application entry point entity id

14

Flag for maintaining columns in repository

15

Logon banner name

@DBID

The name of the current database (same as @APPINFO<2>)

@ENVIRON_SET

Array of environmental settings for the current user.

@FILES.SYSTEM

Field mark delimited array of OpenInsight system files

@FILES_SYSDICT

The file variable for the SYSDICT file

@FILES_SYSENV

The file variable for the SYSENV file

@FILES_SYSOBJ

The file variable for the SYSOBJ file

@FILES_SYSPTRS

The file variable for the SYSPTRS file

@LOWER_CASE

An ordered string containing all lower-case letters. Corresponds to @UPPER_CASE.

@LPTRHIGH

Height of the printer page.

@LPTRWIDE

Width of the printer page.

@MDIACTIVE

The active child from which an event is invoked. An event is invoked from a frame and its active children. The value of @MDIACTIVE is dynamic.

@MDIFRAME

The frame of the window from which an event is called. The value of @MDIFRAME is dynamic.

@PRINTMODE

If this variable is set to false, the BASIC+ Print function will print the ASCII characters zero through 31 using their assigned graphics. If set to true, these characters are not printed, and are treated as control characters.

@STATION

The network station identifier (or null for non-networked versions).

@SYSTEM_TABLES

Contains a field mark delimited list of tables that cannot be detached.

@TABLES

Field mark delimited array of currently attached tables.

@UPPER_CASE

An ordered string containing all upper-case letters. Corresponds to @LOWER_CASE.

@USERNAME

The name under which the current user logged in. If no user name was specific at login, contains the current database identifier.

@VOLUMES

A dynamic array of attached volumes.  When assigned from a Basic+ program, a field mark delimited array of filing systems in the format:

filing system*location

is returned.  However, if viewed from the debugger System Variables window, @VOLUMES(n) contains the following:

Dimension (n)

Meaning

0

Dynamic array of attached volumes.  Returned when assigning a Basic+ variable to @VOLUMES

1

Field mark delimited array of volume labels

2

Field mark delimited array of volume names

3

  Field mark delimited array of multivalued file names

4

Field mark delimited array of filing systems associated with the volume

5

Field mark delimited array of handles to the volume map

In Basic+ you can assign a variable to one of these dimensioned arrays and return the result. For example, vol_labels = @volumes(1) assigns the array of volume labels to vol_labels.

@WINDOW

The window an event is called from. The value of @WINDOW is dynamic.

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