Variable Functions and Methods

Alpha Five provides the following functions and methods for working with variables.

Function or Method

 

Description

*PROPERTY_DIFFERENCE()

V6

Creates an array with the difference between two property strings.

A5_DEFINE_GLOBAL_VARS()

V5

Displays the Global Variables dialog box, which allows you to edit, add, or delete global variables.

A5_DELETE_SETTINGS()

V5

Removes user defined settings from a data dictionary.

A5_LOAD_SETTINGS()

V5

Loads settings that are stored in a dictionary.

A5.READ_SETTING()

V5

Reads a variable from a library.

A5.WRITE_SETTING()

V5

Saves a variable to a library.

ADDIN.VARIABLES()

V5

Allows you to read and write pointer variables.

FILE.FROM_PROPERTY()

V5

Creates a file from the contents of a dot variable.

FILE.TO_PROPERTY()

V5

Creates and populates a dot variable with the contents of a file.

GLOBAL_VARIABLES()

V5

Returns a pointer to the collection of global variables.

LOCAL_VARIABLES()

V5

Returns a pointer to the collection of local variables.

PROP_VALID()

V5

Determines whether Property exists within Dot_Variable.

PROPERTIES_ENUM()

V5

Returns a CR-LF delimited string of properties of a "dot" variable.

PROPERTY_FROM_BLOB()

V6

Converts a dot variable and its elements to a blob variable.

PROPERTY_FROM_STRING()

V5

Initializes the values in a "dot" variable from a string created by PROPERTY_TO_STRING() or FILE.TO_PROPERTY().

PROPERTY_RECURSE_

ASSIGN()

V5

Assigns the sub-elements of one "Dot" variable to another.

PROPERTY_TO_BLOB()

V6

Converts a blob variable previously created by PROPERTY_FROM_BLOB() into a dot variable.

PROPERTY_TO_STRING()

V5

Converts a "dot" variable to a string.

REPLACE_VARIABLES_

IN_STRING()

V6

Substitutes the variables in a "dot" variable with their actual values.

SESSION_VARIABLES()

V5

Returns a pointer to the collection of session (or shared) variables.