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Property value formats
Mergeprop utility overview
This section provides a summary of the supported formats for expressing property
values. These formats are presented in three categories:
• Newly supported formats (introduced in OpenEdge 10) that are valid in all
property files
• Formats that are valid only in delta files used as input to the mergeprop utility
• Formats that were supported prior to OpenEdge 10
Table 51 lists the formats that were introduced in OpenEdge 10 for use in all property
files.
Table 51: New value formats supported in all property files
Description Syntax and example
Reference to another property value. !{value-of:group.property}
Example:
jvmargs=!{value-of:Common.jvmarg
s}
Reference to a Java system property. !{SystemProperty:java_property}
Example:
List of references to be evaluated
sequentially. The first reference to be
resolved is used. The last entry can be
an explicit value. The delimiter between
references is a question mark (?), and
the list must also be terminated with a
question mark.
userName=!{SystemProperty:userNa
me}
?value1?value2?value3...value-n?
Example:
Hexadecimal value. hex_value
Example:
description=?!{SystemProperty:
userName}?!{value-of:NameServer.
NS1.hostName}?NS1 Host?
srvrLoggingLevel=0x0BF
Table 52 lists the formats that were introduced in OpenEdge 10 for use exclusively in
delta files used as input to the mergeprop utility.
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