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Setting Command Area Options

For more information about the following commands, see the Command Reference Guide.

Use the SET COMMAND SESSION OPTIONS command to display the fill‑in that sets command area options. The SET commands you can use to set these options are described after the panel.

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 IDEAL:       SCF option block           SCF#OPTIONS                    FILL‑IN
                         Set SCF  "session" options
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 Command "comment"   character:      :
 Command "delimiter" character:      ;
 Command "repeat"    character:      ‑
 Command "reshow"    character:      +
 Number of command lines:            3           (0‑5)
 Decimal symbol:                     .           (. ,)
 Currency symbol:                    $
 Date format:                        A           (A, E, I)
 Region separator:                   ‑           (N=none, G=grid, other=itself)
 Asynchronous messages:              U           (U=User, N=None)
 Command reshow?                     N           (Y/N)
 UPPER CASE PANELS AND MESSAGES?     N           (Y/N)

Command “comment” character

Defines the character that sets off a comment from a command in the command area. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET COMMAND COMMENT x

Command “delimiter” character

Defines the character that separates commands entered on the same command line. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET COMMAND DELIMITER x

Command “repeat” character

Defines the character that you enter to re‑execute the previous command. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET COMMAND REPEAT x

Command “reshow” character

Defines the character that you enter to redisplay the previous command. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET COMMAND RESHOW x

Number of command lines

Defines the number of lines in the command area. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET COMMAND LINE n

Decimal symbol

Defines the default character for the edit decimal symbol. The only valid characters are period (.) and comma (,). The edit digit separator character is assumed to be the opposite of this decimal symbol.

SET SITE ENVIRONMENT DECIMAL

Currency symbol

Defines a default character for the edit currency symbol (for example, $). You can specify any character.

SET SITE ENVIRONMENT CURRENCY

Date format

Establishes a default date format. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET COMMAND DATEFOR x

Possible formats are as follows:

A

American (mm/dd/yy)

E

European (dd/mm/yy)

I

International (yy/mm/dd)

Region separator

Defines the character that separates the command area from the display area. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET COMMAND SEPARATOR x

Asynchronous messages

Determines whether asynchronous messages (including compile and print completion messages) are displayed. Valid values are as follows:

U

All asynchronous messages for this user are displayed during the session. Undisplayed messages from a previous session are displayed at sign on. You can also set this option using the command SET ASYNCMSG USER.

N

No asynchronous messages are displayed. You can also set this option using the following command:

SET ASYNCMSG NONE

Depending on options set during installation, the user and the messages can be identified by either the user ID or the terminal ID for the terminal where you are signed on. If your site identifies users by the terminal ID, you might want to set this option to NONE to avoid receiving someone else's messages from a previous session on the same terminal.

Command reshow

Defines the command reshow status. You can also set this option using SET COMMAND RESHOW ON, which redisplays all subsequent commands after execution; or SET COMMAND RESHOW OFF, which disables the display of the last executed command, except when in error.

UPPERCASE PANELS AND MESSAGES

Displays all CA Ideal system panels and messages in uppercase. You can also set this option using the command:

SET COMMAND UPPERCASE