Standard Interface Status

Use

The global variable STATUS contains the current GUI status. The standard interface statuses almost all have the following structure:

  1. position: It specified the maintenance dialog maintenance type. It can take the following values:

    • 'E': One-step maintenance dialog

    • 'T' Two-step maintenance dialog

  2. position: Specifies the mode of the maintenance dialog action to be performed. It can take the following values:

    • 'A': The function 'New entries' was called

    • 'C' : The function 'Copy' was called

    • 'S': The data is only displayed and cannot be changed

    • 'T': The function transport was called, the maintenance dialog is in transport mode

    • 'U' : The data can be changed

  3. position: Specifies the current user maintenance dialog screen. It can take the following values:

    • 'L': The user is in the overview screen

    • 'D': The user is in the single screen

  4. position: Specifies the type of the curently displayed dataset. It can take the following values:

    • 'G': The complete set is displayed

    • 'X': A selection is displayed, for example, all marked, all with the same field contents, and so on.

  5. position: Specifies whether entries are marked or not. It can take the following values:

    • <space>: There are no marked entries

    • 'M': There are marked entries

  6. Position

    Specifies whether the maintenance dialig user is in the 'Display deleted' display. It can take the following values:

    • <space>: The user is not in the 'Display deleted' display

    • 'D': The user is in the 'Display deleted' display

Exceptions

Exceptions

The following statuses are exceptions to the usual structure:

  • ERROR: A data capture error has occurred in the single screen, the function 'Skip' is active

  • ERRORLIS: A data capture error has occurred in the overview screen, the function 'Skip' is not active

  • REPLACE: An error occurred in the function 'Change field contents'. This status is set for the error dialog.