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HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Reference Manual Vol. 1

Item and Field Referencing 

You can reference the various elements in HP ALLBASE/4GL by specifying a
prefix indicating the type of item, a hyphen, and the item name.

The following table lists the element referencing prefixes:

 Prefix  Description 

   A-    Application title

   B-    Work area buffer

   C-    Alphanumeric constant

   D-    Database name (HP TurboIMAGE/iX)

   F-    File record field

   M-    Master title

   N-    Numeric constant

   P-    Scratch-pad field

   R-    File record buffer

   S-    Screen field

   U-    Calculated item

   V-    Variable

   W-    Work area field

   *     The asterisk (*) prefixes

         system item names including:

         - communication area fields.

         - switches.

         - command arguments.

         - the current screen field, or a relative screen field
         reference.

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