@ABORT.CODE

A value indicating the cause of execution of the last abort. This variable is particularly useful within ON.ABORT paragraphs or programs invoked from them. Values are:

The value of @ABORT.CODE is initially zero and is reset to zero only by the EXECUTE statement

@ABORT.MESSAGE

Contains the text of any message associated with the most recent abort event.

@ACCOUNT

Synonym for @WHO.

@ANS

Contains the result of the last virtual attribute expression evaluated. This variable can be updated, usually only in C-type dictionary items.

@COMMAND

The last command entered at the command prompt or initiated using the QMBasic EXECUTE statement. This variable is stacked across an EXECUTE and reverts to its previous value on completion of the executed command. If multiple commands are executed in a single  EXECUTE statement, the @COMMAND variable will be updated at each command.

@COMMAND.STACK

This variable holds the history of commands executed at the command prompt as a field mark delimited dynamic array. The most recent command is field 1.

@CONV

Extended information for user defined conversion codes.

@CRTHIGH

Contains the number of lines per page of the display.

@CRTWIDE

Contains the width of the display.

@DATA

Data from REFORMAT command.

@DATA.PENDING

Contains the data on the DATA queue, if any. Each item, including the last, is followed by an item mark character.

@DATE

The internal format date value (days since 31 December 1967) at which the last command started execution. Any changes made to this variable will also be reflected in the values of the @DAY, @MONTH, @YEAR and @YEAR4 variables described below.

@DAY

The day of the month at which the last command started execution as a two digit value. Changing @DATE will also change this value.

@DICTRECS

The query processor sets this variable to an item mark delimited copy of the dictionary records that were used to construct the display clause elements of the query (including any item with the BREAK.SUP prefix). For dictionary records that contain object code (C/I types and A/S types with correlatives), the object code is omitted. This variable can be of use in post-processing query processor output.

@DS

Contains the operating system specific directory delimiter character, \ on Windows, / on other platforms.

@FILE.NAME

The name of the file referenced in the most recent query processor command. This variable may be updated by a QMBasic program.

@FILENAME

Synonym for @FILE.NAME

@FMT

The query processor sets this variable to a field mark delimited list of the width and justification codes for each item in the display clause of the query (including any item with the BREAK.SUP prefix). This variable can be of use in post-processing query processor output.

@GID

User's group id number for all platforms except Windows. Same as SYSTEM(29).

@HOSTNAME

The name of the server computer system. Same as SYSTEM(1015).

@ID

The record id of the record being processed by a query processor command or an I-type function. This variable may be updated by a QMBasic program.

@IP.ADDR

The IP address associated with a network user. Same as SYSTEM(42).

@ITYPE.MODE

This variable can be used to determine the mode of execution of an I-type. It has three possible values:

@LEVEL

The current command processor depth (EXECUTE level). The initial command processor is level one, each EXECUTE level increments this by one, decrementing on return from that level.

@LOGNAME

User's login name. On Windows, this is converted to uppercase.

@LPTRHIGH

Contains the number of lines per page of print unit zero. Depending on the current setting of the PRINTER flag, this may refer to the display or to the printer.

@LPTRWIDE

Contains the width of print unit zero. Depending on the current setting of the PRINTER flag, this may refer to the display or to the printer.

@MONTH

The month in which the last command started execution as a two digit value. Changing @DATE will also change this value.

@NB

Break number level. Set to zero on detail lines and one upwards on break lines. A value of 255 represents the grand total line.

@NI

Item counter. Used in I-types, this holds the number of records retrieved by the query processor command.

@OPTION

Contains a copy of field 4 of the V-type VOC entry when a verb starts execution. Use of this variable enables related commands to be handled by a single program.

@PARASENTENCE

The sentence that invoked the most recent paragraph or sentence. On entering a command at the keyboard, this variable will be set to the same value as @COMMAND. If the command is a paragraph or sentence which invokes a further paragraph or sentence, the value will be updated to be the command which started this new paragraph or sentence.

@PATH

The pathname of the current account.

@PIB

The PROC primary input buffer.

@POB

The PROC primary output buffer.

@QMSYS

The pathname of the system account.

@RECORD

The data of the record being processed by an I-type function. This variable may be updated by a QMBasic program.

@SELECTED

Contains the total record count for the most recent SELECT or SSELECT operation. Note that a QMBasic SELECT operation against a dynamic file processes the file one group at a time and this variable will show the record count for the group being processed.

@SENTENCE

The currently active sentence. This is different from @COMMAND if the command runs a paragraph, sentence or menu.

@SEQNO

Hold file sequence number for most recent print job using uniquely sequenced file numbers.

@SIB

The PROC secondary input buffer.

@SOB

The PROC secondary output buffer.

@STDFIL

Default file variable.

@SYSTEM.RETURN.CODE

A status value returned from most commands.

@SYS.BELL

This variable is available to QMBasic programs and initially contains the ASCII BEL character (character 7) which, when sent to the display, causes the audible warning to sound. The BELL OFF command changes @SYS.BELL to a null string and BELL ON reverts to the default character. Thus use of @SYS.BELL in QMBasic programs results in an audible alarm which can be disabled by the user.

@TERM.TYPE

Terminal type.

@TIME

The internal format time value (seconds since midnight) at which the last command started execution. This value may be updated by a QMBasic program.

@TRANSACTION.ID

The unique id number for the currently active transaction. Zero if no transaction is active. Same as SYSTEM(1007).

@TRANSACTION.LEVEL

The transaction depth. Zero when no transaction is active, incremented for each active transaction, decremented when a transaction terminates. Same as SYSTEM(1008).

@TRIGGER.RETURN.CODE

A status value returned set by trigger functions that return a STATUS() value of ER$TRIGGER.

@TTY

Terminal device name. This variable is provided for compatibility with other systems. It contains one of the following values:

Other process types may be added in future.

@UID

User's user id number for all platforms except Windows. Same as SYSTEM(27).

@USER

Synonym for @LOGNAME

@USER0 to @USER4

These variables are initially set to zero and may be updated by QMBasic programs to provide status information, etc. QM places no rules on the use of these variables and does not update them at any time.

@USERNO

User number.

@USER.NO

Synonym for @USERNO.

@USER.RETURN.CODE

This variable is initially set to zero and may be updated by QMBasic programs to provide status information, etc. QM places no rules on the use of this variable and does not update it at any time.

@VOC

This @VOC variable can be used as the file variable for the VOC in place of opening it explicitly within user written application code.

@WHO

User's account name.

@YEAR

The last two digits of the year in which the last command started execution. Changing @DATE will also change this value.

@YEAR4

The four digit year number in which the last command started execution. Changing @DATE will also change this value.