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PA API (8.5)

PA: Profile Access

This API can be used to retrieve or update an individual field from a configuration file such as EL850S.CFG or EL850U.CFG.

Screen Parameters: PA,FN,Section

Input:

FN = RD to read, UP to update

Section = Configuration file section (required) -- Note: You must include path information.

Screen-Menu = file, e.g., M:\Elliott8\Bin85\EL850.CFG (required - maximum of 80 characters)

Screen-Literal = Key name for the section (required)

Screen-Alpha-Field = update value (for FN=UP only)

Output:

Screen-Alpha-Field = Key value if successful 

Screen-Answer = “Y” if successful, “N” if not

If not successful, Screen-Alpha-Field will contain spaces.

Note:  The file name must include path information, even if it is just ".\filename.ext".  This is because the Windows APIs used will read from and write to a system directory (instead of the current directory) if the filename does not include any path information.


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