HP RPG/iX Utilities Reference Manual (30318-90006)

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Command Limitations
RISE will not accept commands longer than 50 characters. This limitation is established by the number of
characters which will fit into the Command Window. It holds true with all commands, whatever the mode
in which they are entered.
Also, multiple commands entered on a single line are not accepted by RISE.
RISE does not accept special characters used to separate parameters for a command. This is a convenience
designed to relieve you of the need to remember which special characters to use for delimiters. For
example, "LIST ALL OFF" is correct; "LIST ALL, OFF" is not because of the special character (the comma).
It is necessary, however, to use the space bar to separate the parameters with one or more blank spaces
except when the parameters are of a different type (alphabetic vs. numeric). For instance, in the command
"FIND ‘string' IN FIRST", the space separating IN and FIRST is required since both parameters are
alphabetic. If there was no space, RISE would not be able to recognize the parameters. However, the
command "FIND ‘string' IN1", would be accepted without a space separating IN and 1 because the
parameters are of different types, and RISE readily distinguishes between the two.
For your convenience, RISE will accept the F[ORM] and COM[MENT] commands without a space between
the command and the alphabetic parameter. Whenever RISE encounters an unacceptable use of
parameters, an error message appears on the screen to explain the problem.