Previous Topic: Selecting a Help TopicNext Topic: Correcting a Mistake


Displaying System Profile Information

When you want to know what site-specific characters are in use at your site, such as the fill character used in creating dialogs, you can select the System Profile topic from the Topic Help Menu. When you do, you see a SYSTEM PROFILE panel that displays site-specific information as shown in the following example:

 =>  Listed below are the DATAQUERY site options and their current values  ------------------------------------------------------------------------DQND0  DATAQUERY:  SYSTEM PROFILE  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------      PROFILE ITEM                   EXPLANATION  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  LITERAL MASKING CHARACTER          #   Eliminates part of value when comparing  COMMENT BEGIN CHARACTER            */  Begins a comment  COMMENT END CHARACTER              /*  Ends a comment  DECIMAL POINT CHARACTER            .   Separates decimals from whole numbers  ALTERNATE HEADING SEPARATOR        /   Separates alternate column headings  HEADING SUBSTITUTION STRING       &.&  Allows heading substitution  DIALOG SYMBOL                      ?   Identifies variables in DIALOGS or PROCS  DIALOG FILL CHARACTER              ยข   Saves space for a longer variable value  NOTE:  The System Profile was set up for your site when DATAQUERY was              installed.  See the "Special Character" topic for a further              explanation of these system profile items.   END OF HELP  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  <PF1>  NOT USED   <PF2>  RETURN       <PF3>  NOT USED     <PF4>  NOT USED  <PF5>  NOT USED   <PF6>  NOT USED     <PF7>  BACKWARD     <PF8>  FORWARD