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MOVE.AUTO (MA), MOVE.AUTO.ARRAY (MAA)
MOVE.AUTO (MA) and MOVE.AUTO.ARRAY (MAA)
The MOVE.AUTO; command moves data from the Auto Entry buffer to a data item in the
originating LINC System.
The MOVE.AUTO; command is the converse of the AUTO; command. It is used with
external Automatic Entries to retrieve data from the Auto Entry buffer.
Following an external AUTO.ENTRY, if the Ispec in the receiving LINC System has a
RECALL; command that is invoked by the receipt of data, the recall information is
returned to the Auto Entry buffer of the sending LINC System. If the AUTO; WRITE
command is successful, GLB.STATUS in the originating LINC System contains the value
DATA. The data returned to the Auto Entry buffer can be retrieved by using the
MOVE.AUTO; and MOVE.AUTO.ARRAY; commands.
In LDA Run Time, external Automatic Entries are not supported. The MOVE.AUTO; and
MOVE.AUTO.ARRAY; commands are ignored.
An AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR command will not clear the buffer when data is being returned.
Restrictions
The same restrictions apply to MOVE.AUTO; command as to the AUTO; command. You
cannot send an alphanumeric item to a numeric item with decimals or to a signed numeric
item or vice versa.
If you move a mixed alphanumeric and Hankaku-Katakana value into an EDIT; W data
item, the value is moved character by character, and is truncated to the length of the
data item. However, if you move a mixed alphanumeric and Hankaku-Katakana value into
an EDIT; A data item, the value is moved byte by byte and is truncated to the length of the
data item. If the truncation occurs after the first byte of a double-byte Hankaku-Katakana
character, this will result in an invalid character. However truncation does not occur if you
move such a value into an EDIT; W Setup Data array (or Global Setup Data array).
Note: EDIT; W data items are not implemented in LDA.
Numeric Setup Data array items are implemented as COBOL COMPUTATIONAL fields. A
move from a numeric array to anything other than an identically defined numeric array
may result in data that is invalid for use in either computation or display.
MOVE.AUTO.ARRAY;
The MOVE.AUTO.ARRAY; command moves the value of a data item from the Auto Entry
buffer to a Setup or Global Setup Data array. Otherwise, its function is the same as the
MOVE.AUTO; command.
OLTP
For OLTP, the response in the AUTO buffer may use a different buffer description than the
one in your original request. There is no validation that the data present matches the data
format expected by your logic. To specify the correct format, use the AUTO.FORMAT;
LINC logic command immediately before the relevant MOVE.AUTO commands.
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