PP$

Purpose

Contains information about the format in use by the caller and the position of the current data name in a screen or view.

Except for PP$[0] and PP$[2] the called method must ensure that this array is not modified before it is returned to the caller, or unpredictable behavior may result.

Used By

CONNECT METHOD

Contents

PP$[0]	Input:	Message from method.
	Output:	Return directive.
	“.” =	Normal termination.
	null =	Abnormal termination.
PP$[1]	Data record being processed, concatenated into a single string.
PP$[2]	User input (current field). Used as operator input upon return from post-process methods only.
PP$[3]	Column/field number.
PP$[4]	Format data name number.
PP$[5]	Column/field attributes:
	(1,1)	column (binary, counting from 0).
	(2,1)	row (binary, counting from 0).
	(3,1)	field size (binary, counting from 0).
	(4,1)	data name number (binary, counting from 0).
PP$[6]	#format-name.

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