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AUTO; WRITE and AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR
AUTO; WRITE and AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR
The AUTO; WRITE command transfers information from the Auto Entry buffer to the
destination (receiving) Ispec or buffer, depending on whether it is an internal or external
Automatic Entry. Internal Automatic Entries transfer data within the same LINC Database.
External Automatic Entries transfer data to an external LINC System (which can be on a
different host).
The AUTO; WRITE (and AUTO.WRITE&CLEAR) command can be used more than once in
the same Ispec or Report logic. A record is transferred each time a command is executed.
GLB.ERROR and GLB.STATUS
Updating is not completed if GLB.ERROR has a value other than GLB.SPACES. Changes to
GLB.ERROR after the AUTO; WRITE is executed have no effect on the current Automatic
Entry.
For Automatic Entries, GLB.STATUS is set at the time the AUTO.WRITE; command is
executed. The setting of GLB.STATUS is discussed under ‘‘Settings of GLB.STATUS and
GLB.HUBSTATUS’’, later in this command subsection.
Event Data Items
In an Automatic Entry to an Event, the System Data items ACTMTH, INPUT-DATE, and
ISPEC are handled automatically.
Differences between AUTO; WRITE and AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR
There are some differences with the way the AUTO; WRITE and AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR
commands work, depending on whether you are transferring data internally, to an external
LINC System, or to another system through OLTP. These differences are described in the
following subsections.
Internal Automatic Entries
For internal Automatic Entries, the AUTO; WRITE command transfers information from
the Auto Entry buffer to the database structure of the destination (receiving) Ispec. A
record is sent to the LINC database each time an AUTO; WRITE command is executed.
Any record currently in memory for the destination Ispec is overwritten by the Auto Entry
buffer record prior to its storage in the LINC database. On completion of a successful
Automatic Entry, the current database record will be the one just created.
Requirements
The destination Ispec must have the Automatic Entry field set to Y on the Ispec Options
screen for the LINC Specification of the LINC System that is performing the AUTO; WRITE
command. This field enables the Ispec to receive Automatic Entries.
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