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.

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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