ViewPoint Manual

Definition of ViewPoint Screens
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Field Descriptions
screen for these parameters to be effective. (Refer to Section 6, Customizing
ViewPoint for a discussion of how to add logic to FLTRALT or how to write a
custom filter.)
You specify custom parameters as a value followed by a type. For each parameter
value, you must indicate its type. The type you mark determines how the value is
interpreted. Table 3-5 describes the value for each type.
10. Function keys
Table 3-5. Value and Type for Custom Parameters
Type Value
File You must specify the value as a file name.
String You can specify the value as any string, with or without enclosing quotation
marks. If you enclose the value in quotation marks and the value contains
quotation marks, you must double the contained quotation marks. Trailing blanks
are discarded unless the value, including the blanks, is enclosed in quotation
marks.
Number You can specify the value as a 64-bit signed or unsigned integer of the form:
[ + / - ] [ prefix ] number
You can use any of the following prefix values to override the default
numerical base:
%= Octal
# = Decimal
%h or %H = Hexadecimal
%b or %B = Binary
The number must not contain embedded commas; and the value of number must
be in the decimal range –2147483648 to 2147483647.
F6 Delete configuration
F12 Update configuration
SF14 Recover screen
F15 Help screen
F16 Return without updating
Note. If you use F16 to return to an events screen, any changes you have made on this
screen are ignored and lost. To make the changes effective, and return to the events
screen, press F12, Update configuration.