Index of RTECALLS

[tommy]

• rtecall("alalnum")
  Checks to make sure a string contains only alphanumeric characters, or only alphanumeric characters and the provided non-alphanumeric characters
  
• rtecall("alnum")
  Checks to make sure a string contains only numeric characters, or only numeric characters and the provided non-numeric characters
  
• rtecall("alpha")
  Checks to make sure a string contains only alphabetic characters, or only alphabetic characters and the provided non-alphabetic characters
  
• rtecall("counter")
  Turns counters on or off for the current session. Other SC users are unaffected
  
• rtecall("datemake")
  Returns a date, in the proper form, based upon a series of numbers passed to it
  
• rtecall("escstr")
  Precedes special characters in a string with an escape character
  
• rtecall("FILLDATE")
  Places the current date and time in a field in the current record
  
• rtecall("filecopy")
  Copies all of the data in a collection to another file variable
  
• rtecall("fileinit")
  Initializes a new file (rinit) in $targetfile
  
• rtecall("getnumber")
  Replaces the getnumb RAD application
  
• rtecall("getrecord")
  Retrieves the record identified by unique key values in $L.array
  
• rtecall("getunique")
  Returns into $L.array the values for the unique key from the current record in $L.file
  
• rtecall("log")
  Sends a message to the external sc.log file
  
• rtecall("notypecheck")
  Turns type checking off or on
  
• rtecall("passchange")
  Changes this user's password
  
• rtecall("policycheck")
  Imposes data policy as defined in the datadict table
  
• rtecall("qbeform")
  Returns a QBE form, which can be passed into an rio or fdisp panel
  
• rtecall("radd")
  Adds a record
  
• rtecall("radhistory")
  Keeps track of the RAD panels a user has executed when running ServiceCenter applications
  
• rtecall("recdupl")
  Copies the contents of the current record into the contents of another record
  
• rtecall("rfirst")
  Places the pointer at the first record in a record collection (a QBE list)
  
• rtecall("rgoto")
  Places the pointer at the indicated record.id in a record collection (a QBE list)
  
• rtecall("rid")
  Returns the record number of the current record (represented by $L.file)
  
• rtecall("rinit")
  Initializes a new file
  
• rtecall("rupdate")
  Update a record
  
• rtecall("select")
  Searches for records
  
• rtecall("sort")
  Sorts a list or a list of lists in ascending or descending order
  
• rtecall("transtart")
  Measures the amount of data transferred, elapsed time and CPU usage of any transaction
  
• rtecall("transtop")
  Measures the amount of data transferred, elapsed time and CPU usage of any transaction. It is commonly invoked from the GUI debugger and is used in conjunction with transtart
  
• rtecall("trigger")
  Turns triggers on or off for the current session

[tommy]

Following rtecalls are not documented in the latest documentation from Peregrine.

rtecall("abend", $bob, $bob)
rtecall("alertperiodic", $L.error.code)
rtecall("blobcopy", $L.errcode, "eventin", evsysseq.attach in $4, "probsummary", number in $axces.target)
rtecall("copycurrent", $L.errcode, $L.file.save, $L.file)
rtecall("exportddl", $L.rc, $L.dbdict, $L.ddl.name, true)
rtecall("gettermlists", $L.rtncod, $L.adlenbfilbfr, $L.irtrm, $L.irtrmcnt, $L.adltrm, $L.adltrmcnt)
rtecall("importddl", $L.rc, $L.ddl.name)
rtecall("intersect", $L.err, $L.retract.intersect, $L.groups, approved.groups in $L.approval)
rtecall("isalnum", $L.return.code, $L.str)
rtecall("isnumeric", $L.return.code, $L.str)
rtecall("isupper", $L.return.code, $L.temp.user.name)
rtecall("localinit", $L.error, $file.variable, $L.name, $dbdict)
rtecall("logrotate", $L.errcode)
rtecall("msg", $L.rc, $L.error.msg, 3)
rtecall("refresh", $L.errcode, $5)
rtecall("sqlmap", $L.rc, $L.old, $L.sql.db.type, $L.suffix, $L.pad.lng, $L.array.code, $L.options, $L.replace.flg, $L.alter)
rtecall("statusupdate", $L.err, "line3", $L.line3)
rtecall("tag", $L.errcode, $L.tag, $L.core)
rtecall("tagquery", $L.rtncod, $L.adlenbfilbfr, $L.qrywrk, $L.tagval)

[cschweri]

Hi tommy
do you know the rtecall above? What does it do?
I have found it in us.notify in panel process.onc.
$L.void=rtecall("tag", $L.errcode, $L.target, $L.file)

cheers
Christian

[tommy]

Sorry I don't know what that rtecall does.

[Nosnibor35]

Tommy,

I understand there is an rtecall that will copy field values to fields in another table, do you recall what retcall that is?

The recommendation is not to use post.fc but use either this rtecall or JavaScript, but I'm also not too sure what the JavaScript would be neither.

Cheers

Martin

[glg]

The RAD panel is project, but I don't think it works as an RTECALL

[Nosnibor35]

The RAD panel is project, but I don't think it works as an RTECALL

I see, cheers glg,

Do you use JavaScript in this case or would you just use post.fc?

The only issue with post.fc is that I may need to post information that has been updated by a process. I do have the answer using a macro but I try to avoid using macros as much as I can.

Cheers

[glg]

I'd call post.fc from formatcontrol, but set before to false, that makes it run after the record is saved (ie after the process updates, etc)

[Nosnibor35]

I'd call post.fc from formatcontrol, but set before to false, that makes it run after the record is saved (ie after the process updates, etc)

What would your solution be to have data copied to another field on another table if the source field would also be updated by a process as well. Obviously processes do not use forms meaning that no format control would be used.

Cheers

Martin

[glg]

What would your solution be to have data copied to another field on another table if the source field would also be updated by a process as well. Obviously processes do not use forms meaning that no format control would be used.

You going to have to define "process", because you're evidently not talking about Process in the SC sense (doc engine). How exactly is this data being updated?

[e0064337]

have not seen this name nosnibor in a long time
that is my name spelled backwards
Milton Robinson

[Etdashou]

Would be nice if you could update the links. They all give 404 Not Found.

Thanks a lot.