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Set Text Attributes

Setting text attributes consists of the following activities:

• Select text attribute in entity action view
• Set text attribute to character expression (character function, character string, character view, special attribute, and spaces)
• Set text attribute using action block or algorithm

For information about character functions, see the Toolset Help.

The SET statement in the following example sets a text attribute to a character string by assigning a literal value to code:

CREATE received product
SET code TO "GA"

A character view is a component of an entity view that sees an attribute that is defined as text. The SET statement in the following example sets a text attribute to a character view by finding the value of code and copying it:

CREATE received product
SET code TO input product code

Special attributes include terminal ID, user ID, printer ID, and trancode. The SET statement in the following example specifies a value for a printer terminal:

SET id TO PRINTER_TERMINAL_ID

The SET statement in the following example sets a text attribute to spaces:

SET status TO SPACES

The SET statement in the following example uses an algorithm to set an attribute value:

CREATE new department
SET code USING find_department
WHICH IMPORTS: Entity View division

SET can also be used as a standalone action to establish a value for an attribute from an export or local view. The following statement shows an example:

SET export code TO input product code