Assigning DEFAULT values

[craigiep]

Hi

I'm trying to use a dm variable to assign a default value

ie

-SET &DEF_VAL = 'VALUE';

-DEFAULTS &RVAL = &DEF_VAL

-SET &REALVAL = &RVAL;

Instead of &RVAL taking the value 'VALUE' it takes '&DEF_VAL'.

I've tried using .EVAL without success. Can anyone help ?

thanks

 

[focwizard]

Depends on what you want, and WHERE you put the '.EVAL'.

A -DEFAULTS statement normally only takes literals, which is why you get &DEF_VAL (as if it was a literal). But, if you put the '.EVAL' there, it will replace the value of the DM variable with its value, and work. It looks like this:

-SET &DEF_VAL = 'VALUE';
-DEFAULTS &RVAL = &DEF_VAL.EVAL
-SET &REALVAL = &RVAL;

 

[craigiep]

Thanks for your reply, but I'd already tried that without success.

I probably should have given some more details, in that I'm trying to implement this in a default launch page in Workbench 436. I think it's got something to do with how WebFocus creates these.

 

[focwizard]

The code I provided works for me under 4.3.6. If I pass in a value of RVAL, it's taken; if not, it takes the value set by &DEF_VAL. I think we need more information, to understand HOW it's failing.

 

[craigiep]

In Workbench, select New Standard Report / Editor and insert the following, and then Run.

What I want is to force the launch page to prompt for &TMPCNTRY so that it can be assigned to &COUNTRY.

However, I want the default value of &TMPCNTRY to be 'JAPAN' in this instance (in reality the value may depend on something like the Userid)

The launch page prompts for &TMPCNTRY, but the box is populated with &DEFCNTRY.EVAL and not JAPAN.

-SET &DEFCNTRY = 'JAPAN';
-DEFAULTS &TMPCNTRY = &DEFCNTRY.EVAL
-SET &COUNTRY = &TMPCNTRY;
-TYPE &COUNTRY