Displaying Parameter Settings

How to:

The ? SET command lists the parameter settings that control your FOCUS environment. Your application sets default values for these parameters, but you can change them with the SET command.

SET parameters are described in Customizing Your Environment.
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Syntax: How to Display Parameter Settings
? SET [ALL|[FOR] parameter]

where:

ALL

Displays all possible parameter settings.

parameter

Is a SET parameter. This displays the setting for the specific parameter.

FOR

Includes where the parameter can be set from in addition to the parameter setting.
Example: Displaying Parameter Settings

Issuing the command 

? SET

produces information similar to the following: 

                            PARAMETER SETTINGS
 
ALL.                OFF    FOCSTACK SIZE         8    QUALCHAR              .
ASNAMES           FOCUS    FOC2GIGDB           OFF    QUALTITLES          OFF
AUTOINDEX            ON    HDAY                       REBUILDMSG         1000
AUTOPATH             ON    HIPERFOCUS          OFF    RECAP-COUNT         OFF
BINS                 64    HOLDATTRS         FOCUS    SAVEMATRIX          OFF
BLKCALC             NEW    HOLDLIST            ALL    SCREEN               ON
BUSDAYS         _MTWTF_    HOLDSTAT            OFF    SHADOW PAGE         OFF
BYPANELING          OFF    HOTMENU             OFF    SPACES             AUTO
CACHE                 0    IBMLE               OFF    SQLENGINE
CARTESIAN           OFF    INDEX TYPE          NEW    SUMPREFIX           LST
CDN                 OFF    LANGUAGE      AMENGLISH    TCPIPINT            OFF
COLUMNSCROLL        OFF    LINES/PAGE           66    TEMP DISK             A
DATEDISPLAY         OFF    LINES/PRINT          57    TERMINAL        IBM3270
DATEFNS              ON    MESSAGE              ON    TESTDATE          TODAY
DATETIME  STARTUP/RESET    MODE                       TITLES               ON
DEFCENT              19    MULTIPATH        SIMPLE    VIEWNAMESIZE         18
EMPTYREPORT         OFF    NODATA                .    WIDTH                80
EXL2KLANG             1    PAGE-NUM             ON    WINPFKEY            OLD
EXTAGGR              ON    PANEL                 0    XFBINS     16 (passive)
EXTHOLD              ON    PAUSE                ON    XFOCUS              OFF
EXTSORT              ON    XRETRIEVAL           ON                             
FIELDNAME           NEW    PRINT            ONLINE    YRTHRESH              0
FOCALLOC            OFF    PRINTPLUS           OFF

Some parameters are listed differently from the way you specify them in the SET command. These include:

SET Parameters

Description

FOCSTACK SIZE

Is the same as the FOCSTACK parameter.

INDEX TYPE

Is the same as the INDEX parameter.

LINES/PAGE

Is the same as the PAPER parameter.

LINES/PRINT

Is the same as the LINES parameter.

SHADOW PAGES

Is the same as the SHADOW parameter.
Example: Displaying a Single Parameter Setting

Issuing the command 

? SET PAGESIZE

produces the following if the parameter is set to its default value:

PAGESIZE         Letter
Example: Displaying Where a Parameter Can Be Set

Issuing the command 

? SET FOR EXTSORT

produces the following information:

EXTSORT                   ON
 
 ------------------------------------------------- 
 SETTABLE FROM COMMAND LINE                  :  YES
 SETTABLE ON TABLE                           :  YES
 SETTABLE FROM SYSTEM-WIDE PROFILE           :  YES
 SETTABLE FROM HLI PROFILE                   :  YES
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