I was asked yesterday if I knew about the Uniface function $assignments. I did and it's something that we started using as soon as it became available (from version 9.something) and it's incredibly useful. I searched the manuals so that I could send the enquirer the details, but I couldn't find any reference to it.
When a userver starts up, it reads the assignment file in order to get numerous settings. There are many sections, including a custom section called "logicals", which allows you to add your own assignment files settings, which can be read using the $logical function.
It is now possible to list all of the logicals at once, like this...
list = $assignments("LOGICALS")
This returns a Uniface list of all the logicals. It is possible to return any section of the assignment files in this way, including "paths", "files" and "services_exec".
This was mentioned on the Hacking UnifAce blog over a year ago, but hopefully you find it useful.
Summary: You can access the assignment file settings in code, listed by their section, which can be useful for checking which settings the current userver is using.
When a userver starts up, it reads the assignment file in order to get numerous settings. There are many sections, including a custom section called "logicals", which allows you to add your own assignment files settings, which can be read using the $logical function.
It is now possible to list all of the logicals at once, like this...
list = $assignments("LOGICALS")
This returns a Uniface list of all the logicals. It is possible to return any section of the assignment files in this way, including "paths", "files" and "services_exec".
This was mentioned on the Hacking UnifAce blog over a year ago, but hopefully you find it useful.
Summary: You can access the assignment file settings in code, listed by their section, which can be useful for checking which settings the current userver is using.
