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$ZMODE (ObjectScript)

Contains current I/O device OPEN parameters.

Synopsis

$ZMODE
$ZM

Description

$ZMODE contains the parameters specified with the OPEN or USE command for the current device. The string returned contains the parameters used to open the current I/O device in canonical form. These parameter values are separated by backslash delimiters. Open parameters like "M" on TCP/IP IO are canonicalized to "PSTE". The "Y" and "K" parameter values are always placed last.

This special variable cannot be modified using the SET command. Attempting to do so results in a <SYNTAX> error.

Examples

The following example uses $ZMODE to return the parameters of the current device:

  WRITE !,"The current OPEN modes are: ",$PIECE($ZMODE,"\")
  WRITE !,"The NLS collation is: ",$PIECE($ZMODE,"\",2)
  WRITE !,"The network encoding is: ",$PIECE($ZMODE,"\",4)

The following example sets parameters for the current device with the USE command. It checks the current parameters with $ZMODE before and after the USE command. To test whether a specific parameter was set, this example uses the $PIECE function with the backslash delimiter, and tests for a value using the Contains operator ([). (See Operators.):

Zmodetest
  WRITE !, $ZMODE
    IF $PIECE($ZMODE,"\")["S" {
      WRITE !, "S is set"  }
    ELSE {WRITE !, "S is not set" }
  USE 0:("":"IS":$CHAR(13,10))
  WRITE !, $ZMODE
    IF $PIECE($ZMODE,"\")["S" {
      WRITE !, "S is set"  }
    ELSE {WRITE !, "S is not set" }
  QUIT  

USER>DO ^zmodetest

RY\Latin1\K\UTF8\

S is not set

SIRY\Latin1\K\UTF8\

S is set

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