TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables
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Summary of Built-In Functions
#DEFINEREADATTR Built-In
Function
Gets value of specified attribute
#DEFINERESTORE Built-In
Function
Creates or replaces active DEFINE, or replaces working
set with contents of DEFINE previously saved with
#DEFINESAVE
#DEFINERESTOREWORK Built-
In Function
Restores DEFINE working set from background set
#DEFINESAVE Built-In Function
Saves copy of active DEFINE or working set for later
restoration with #DEFINERESTORE
#DEFINESAVEWORK Built-In
Function
Saves DEFINE current working set to background set
#DEFINESETATTR Built-In
Function
Modifies value of specified DEFINE attribute in current
working set
#DEFINESETLIKE Built-In
Function
Initializes current working set with attributes of an
existing DEFINE
#DEFINEVALIDATEWORK Built-
In Function
Checks DEFINE current working set for consistency
#DELAY Built-In Function
Causes TACL to wait for specified time
#DELTA Built-In Function
Acts as a complex character processor
#DEVICEINFO Built-In Function
Gets detailed information about a device
#EMPTY Built-In Function
Determines whether specified string contains text
#EMPTYV Built-In Function
Determines whether a variable level contains any lines
#EMSADDSUBJECT Built-In
Function
Adds subject token to event message buffer
#EMSADDSUBJECTV Built-In
Function
Adds subject token to event message buffer, obtaining
token values from a STRUCT
#EMSGET Built-In Function
Retrieves token values from SPI buffer
#EMSGETV Built-In Function
Copies token values from SPI buffer to a STRUCT
#EMSINIT Built-In Function
Initializes a STRUCT as event message buffer
#EMSINITV Built-In Function
Initializes STRUCT as event message buffer, obtaining
initial values from another STRUCT
#EMSTEXT Built-In Function
Converts information from event buffer to printable text
#EMSTEXTV Built-In Function
Converts information from event buffer to printable text,
copies text to a STRUCT
#ENDTRANSACTION Built-In
Function
Commits data base changes associated with a
transaction
#EOF Built-In Function
Sets flag so that a process receives an end-of-file after
reading all data in a variable
Table 9-1. Built-In Functions (page 3 of 8)
Function Description