XPDGREF ICR (2433)

Name

Value

NUMBER

2433

IA #

2433

DATE CREATED

1998/06/10

CUSTODIAL PACKAGE

KERNEL

CUSTODIAL ISC

San Francisco

USAGE

Supported

TYPE

Other

DBIC APPROVAL STATUS

APPROVED

NAME

XPDGREF

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Developers can put information in the KIDS Transport
Global, ^XTMP.  The transport global will be available during the Environment
Check, Pre-Install, and Post-Install routines.  The developer can access the
information by using the variable XPDGREF to read or set the transport global.

example:  to set the transport global
S @XPDGREF@("My subscript",1)="Information I need"
to read the transport global
S X=@XPDGREF@("My subscript",1)

Developers can create a routine that will always set information into the
transport global whenever a package is transported.  The field,
PRE-TRANSPORTATION ROUTINE, will be run during the transport process.  The
variable XPDGREF will be available to set information into the transport
global.

STATUS

Active

COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

VARIABLES

XPDGREF

This variable can be used to set or retrieve
information from the KIDS transport global, ^XTMP.  It can be used in the
following routine: Pre-Transportation Routine, Pre-Install Routine, and
Post-Install Routine.

Example:  to set the transport global
S @XPDGREF@("My subscript",1)="Information I need"
to read the transport global
S X=@XPDGREF@("My subscript",1)

VARIABLES

TYPE

VARIABLES DESCRIPTION

XPDGREF

Both

This variable can be used to set or retrieve
information from the KIDS transport global, ^XTMP.  It can be used in the
following routine: Pre-Transportation Routine, Pre-Install Routine, and
Post-Install Routine.

Example:  to set the transport global
S @XPDGREF@("My subscript",1)="Information I need"
to read the transport global
S X=@XPDGREF@("My subscript",1)