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PlanetPress Talk Summary
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• System Objects with Global Scope
System Variables with Local Scope
System Variables with Global Scope
System Objects with Global Scope
Current System Object
Name: Description:
&Height
System variable with a scope local to a specific object, group, or page. The system
initializes this variable to the value of the Height property of the object’s, group’s, or
page’s Basic Attributes. You can reference and set this variable in any PlanetPress Talk
code you enter in the object, group, or page.
&Width
System variable with a scope local to a specific object or group. The system initializes
this variable to the value of the Width property of the object’s or group’s Basic
Attributes. You can reference and set this variable in any PlanetPress Talk code you
enter in the object, group, or page.
Name: Description:
&EOJob
Read-only variable that returns True if the document has processed the last line of
data or if the line that follows the last form feed character (ASCII 12) is empty.
&FirstSide
Read-only variable that returns True when a page is printing on the first side of a page
in duplex mode (double-sided printing). In simplex mode (single-sided) &firstside
always returns True.
&PrinterMode
Returns the current output mode for the document. This allows you to test for a
specific value and react accordingly.
&Str
Contains a line of input data.
Name: Description:
&Current.DataPage
Integer value containing the page number of the current data page, or the number of
the current record set in the case of a database emulation.
&Current.Line
Integer value containing the line number of the current line of data within the data
page, or the number of the current record within the record set. This value is read-
write and can be modified using the set command.