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GLB.EXTEXT
GLB.FILEINFO
GLB.FILLER
System Data Item Descriptions
Note: This System Data item is valid for MCP based LINC Systems only.
This read-only System Data item holds the descriptive text of an exception encountered
when using the ACCESS.EXT; command. See A Series DMS II Interpretive Interfaces for
more details of these exception messages.
LENGTH = 80 EDIT = A
Note: This System Data item is valid only for MCP based Report logic.
GLB.FILEINFO is a System Data item you can use as a flag in Reports that use the Report
Output Control System (ROC). It applies to Direct Reports only.
The setting of GLB.FILEINFO explicitly controls print file attributes only (not Extract file
attributes). This is to control the overwriting of the print file attributes by System Data
items such as GLB.TITLE and GLB.SAVEDAYS.
$ If GLB.FILEINFO is set to Y, the values are entered using file equation, and values of
System Data items (which would otherwise be used to control the output files) are
ignored. This is the default value for Reports initiated through the LINC Report
Initiation Program (LINC/RIP).
$ If GLB.FILEINFO is set to N, the values of System Data items are used, and any print
file file-equate information is ignored. This is the default value for Reports initiated by
the RUN; command or :RUN colon command.
LENGTH = 1 EDIT = A
Use GLB.FILLER as a dummy data item to reserve space in Report Frames for Extract files
and in Group Global System Data items and Group Setup Data items.
You define GLB.FILLER as usual for a data item, although you can only apply the EDIT,
LENGTH, DECIMAL, BINARY, and BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) Data Attributes.
You must define a length for GLB.FILLER. If you do not define an edit type, GLB.FILLER is
treated as alphanumeric. You may use the SAME.AS Data Command to specify the
attributes for GLB.FILLER.
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