HP 3000 Manuals

HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Administration Manual

System Definition Screen 

This screen allows you to define the system-wide date format, decimal
radix character, and currency float symbol.  It also allows you to define
certain aspects of the operating system environment for HP ALLBASE/4GL.

The system definition screen is accessed from the System Specs option on
the main menu.

Screen Image 


            

Field Descriptions 

System-Wide Values.     

Date Format:  U.S. or European.  Enter U if you want to display dates in
US format (MM/DD/YY). Otherwise, enter E to display dates in European
format (DD/MM/YY).

Date Format:  Separator Character.  Enter a single character (typically
/) to separate the day, month, and year on screens and reports.


NOTE  HP ALLBASE/4GL stores dates internally in the form YY/MM/DD
      regardless of the date format specified in the above two fields.
      The system wide date format definition only controls the way that
      HP ALLBASE/4GL presents dates on screens and reports.


Decimal Radix Character. 

The entry in this field controls the decimal punctuation of numbers
printed on reports.

Enter either .  or , to separate whole numbers and decimal parts of
numbers.  Generally, English speaking countries use .  with the number
format n,nnn.nn.  European nations use , with the number format n.nnn,nn.

Currency Float Symbol. 

Enter a float character to precede currency values on reports.  The
default character is $.

Operating System Environment.     

Command Interpreter.  Enter the name of the default MPE/iX command
interpreter program to be run if the user presses the  Op.  System  
function key.

Users can execute a specific a command interpreter by setting the MPE/iX
variable HP4CI to the name of a program.  (Users can also specify the
name of a program by setting the MPE/iX variable SHELL to the name of a
program.)  In this case, MPE/iX executes the program defined by this
variable whenever the user presses the  Op.  System  function key.  The
system will only call the command interpreter you specify on this screen
if the HP4CI variable is not set.

Function Keys 

f2       Display Control  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        terminal display control screen.

f3       Master Titles  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        master title definition screen.

MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation