Pathmaker Programming Guide

Modifying Requester/Server Pairs
Advanced Pathmaker Programming Topics
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@LOGICAL-TERMINAL Contains the logical terminal name.
You can add @LOGICAL-TERMINAL to the application
screen by using the Screen Painter.
@PAGE-COUNT Contains the number of pages in the current requester’s
screen.
@PAGE-COUNT is always part of the screen when you
create an application screen, but you can delete it and add
it back later.
@PHYSICAL-TERMINAL Contains the physical terminal name.
You cannot display @PHYSICAL-TERMINAL on the
application screen; you can only use @PHYSICAL-
TERMINAL in an IPC definition.
@TIME Contains the current time, according to the system clock.
You can add @TIME to the application screen by using the
Screen Painter.
The current value of a displayed pseudofield appears when the application screen is
displayed.
Generated DDL Pictures for Pathmaker Pseudofields
Table 9-4 lists the pseudofields, showing the screen picture (if applicable) in the Screen
Section and Working Storage name that the Pathmaker product generates for each one.
Table 9-4. Pathmaker Pseudofields
Pseudofield Name Screen Picture Working Storage Name
@ADVISORY X(76) T9154-ADVISORY-MSG-TEXT
@CURRENT-PAGE Z9 T9154-CURRENT-PAGE
@CURSOR-FIELD --- T9154-CURSOR-FIELD
@CURSOR-POSITION --- T9154-CURSOR-POSITION
@DATE X(8) T9154-DATE
@LOGICAL-TERMINAL X(16) LOGICAL-TERMINAL-NAME
@PAGE-COUNT Z9 T9154-PAGE-COUNT
@PHYSICAL-TERMINAL --- TERMINAL-FILENAME
@TIME X(8) T9154-TIME
Note: @CURSOR-POSITION, @CURSOR-FIELD, and @PHYSICAL-TERMINAL cannot appear on
the screen.