h Command

The h command moves a literal string of characters to the currently active output buffer.

Syntax

h{string}{<}

Parameter(s)

string

The text for the output buffer. All characters immediately after the h are placed in the active output buffer at the current position of the pointer, including leading and trailing spaces.

<

Place a carriage return in the output buffer and must follow each discrete parameter when moving multiple parameters to the secondary output buffer (following the ston command).

Description

Several h commands can be used to build suitable text. It does not actually output until a carriage return is placed into the buffer.

Example(s)

The h commands move the strings following them to the end of the currently active output buffer.

hlist entity

h name address phone

p

The < characters in the example are required to separate or stack the strings to execute after the list is retrieved.

hget-list invoices

ston

hlist-label invoices cust.name cust.addr custcsz (cip<

h1,3,1,0,30,0,c

p

See Also

a Command, ih Command, Primary Output Buffer, PROC Processor, Secondary Output Buffer