SetGlobal (Subsystem subroutine)

Set a subsystem global (Subsystem class)

The SetGlobal shared subroutine sets a Subsystem global.

Syntax

%(Subsystem):SetGlobal( name, value)

Syntax terms

%(Subsystem)	The class name in parentheses denotes a shared method. SetGlobal can also be invoked via a Subsystem object variable, which may be null.
name	A string that identifies the global to be set.
value	A string that identifies the new value for the global.

Usage notes

• All errors result in request cancellation.
• It is not an error to set a global that is not set.
• The Subsystem class SetGlobal sets the global for the current subsystem context (indicated by Context).
• Like $Setg_Subsys, SetGlobal momentarily turns off multi-processing, so should not be used heavily in an MP/204 environment. SetString does not suffer this limitation and should be used in these situations.

See also

• The setGlobal method, in the Subsystem class, performs a function identical to the $setg_subsys function. That is, the following two statements are identical:

  %(subsystem):setGlobal('PHLEGMATIC', 'STOLID') %setg_subsys('PHLEGMATIC', 'STOLID')

• For more information about subsystem globals, see “Subsystem globals and strings”.

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