General system variables

These variables can be used in any type of Sculptor program. Note that in the Reference Guide variables are indexed without the “sys.” prefix.

sys.Arg	Command line arguments of the current program
sys.AutoCancel	Determines if cancelling a dialog suppresses validation
sys.AutoEventCheck	Frequency of DDE message checks
sys.AutoFlush	Screen flushing option
sys.AutoValidate	Determines if validation performed on unchanged data
sys.AvailableBytes	Number of bytes available in sequential file, socket or pipe
sys.Cancel	Determines if operator can abort input with CANCEL key
sys.Captions	Turns window control help captions on or off
sys.CharSetEncodeFrom	Configure the internal Sculptor encoding
sys.CharSetEncodeTo	Configure the external Sculptor encoding
sys.ClosePending	Flag a validate and lose focus event before close event
sys.Col	Default subscript for the first dimension
sys.Currency	Code of the currency being used for display/input of money values
sys.CurrencyName	Name of the current active currency
sys.CurrencyRate	Exchange rate between active and main currencies
sys.CurrentControl	The control that has input focus
sys.Date	The system date
sys.Day	Day component of a date type field (obsolescent)
sys.DDETimeOut	Time-out value for DDE client requests
sys.Debug	Indicates if a program is running in debug mode
sys.Dim4	Default subscript for the fourth dimension
sys.DrawGraphicMode	Defines how graphic images combine with the background
sys.DrawTextMode	Defines how text or line graphics combine with the background
sys.EditMode	Set edit mode for data entry
sys.Errno	System error number
sys.Error	Sculptor error number
sys.EscChar	Escape character for get[field] # and put[field] # commands
sys.FirstDatabase	Pointer to the first database in the program
sys.FirstWindow	Pointer to the first window in the program
sys.FreeTextInputBuf	Value of free textbox field before function key pressed
sys.Hangup	Determines whether hangup interrupts enabled
sys.HDPUScale	The horizontal DPI scale.
sys.HostName	Network name of computer running the program
sys.HResolution	The horizontal resolution of the main display.
sys.IndexWrap	Determines whether subscripted fields wrap
sys.InputBuf	Value of field before function key pressed
sys.InputRow	Row number of text saved in sys.InputBuf
sys.Interrupts	Determines whether keyboard interrupts enabled
sys.IPAddress	Network address of computer running the program
sys.KeepAliveInterval	Interval to send keep alive messages through the open sockets
sys.Keyboard	Keyboard type currently in use
sys.LastSeparator	Character that terminated the last field read by a getfield # command
sys.LocalTime	System time in elapsed seconds from Jan 1st 1970, corrected for local time
sys.LoggedOnUser	The name of the logged-on user
sys.Logging	Determines whether transaction logging is on
sys.MaxIDP	Maximum decimal places to store in intermediate arithmetic
sys.MenuCaption	Turns menu help captions on or off
sys.MenuCR	Wether return must be used after a menu accel key on a Sculptor 2 style option menu (in character windows)
sys.MilliSecs	Current system time in milliseconds
sys.Month	Month component of a date type field (obsolescent)
sys.ODBC	Indicates if ODBC library available
sys.Plane	Default subscript for the third dimension
sys.PreviousControl	The control that previously had input focus
sys.RestoreFocus	Determines if focus restored to previous application when Sculptor program exits
sys.Rounding	Determines if fractions are rounded to the nearest integer
sys.RoundingUnit	Rounding unit of the current active currency
sys.Row	Default subscript for the second dimension
sys.ScDateVersion	Sculptor date version
sys.ScFixVersion	Sculptor fix version number
sys.ScMajorVersion	Sculptor major version number
sys.ScMinorVersion	Sculptor minor version number
sys.ScreenHeight	Current screen height
sys.ScreenWidth	Current screen width
sys.Separator	Separator character for get[field] #, put[field] # and put commands
sys.ServerErrorFunction	Socket error event function
sys.ServerRetries	Server connection number of retries
sys.Status	Termination status of a child task
sys.SysTime	System time in elapsed seconds from Jan 1st 1970
sys.Task	Current task number
sys.Terminal	Terminal type currently in use
sys.Text	Current text file extension
sys.Time	Current system time
sys.ToolTips	Number of seconds tooltips remain visible
sys.Traps	Traps set by last trappable command
sys.TTYno	Terminal number
sys.TTYno2	Sculptor Version 6.1.1: Terminal number
sys.Unit	Device unit for drawing operations
sys.UserID	User identification number
sys.UserName	User logon name
sys.UseTheme	Indicates if Sculptor is using a Windows theme or a classic style
sys.ValidCaption	Wether the validation string is displayed as a caption
sys.ValidateOnClose	Execute validation and lose focus on input/dialog before close event
sys.VDPUScale	The vertical DPI scale.
sys.VResolution	The verical resolution of the main display.
sys.Warn	Warning level for runtime errors
sys.WindowsNT	Whether Sculptor is running under one of the Windows NT family
sys.WinMajorVersion	Major version number of Windows
sys.WinMinorVersion	Minor version number of Windows
sys.Year	Year component of a date type field (obsolescent)

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