PLBCE Keywords

The following keywords may be added to the [environment] section of the program information file (PLBWIN.INI) to alter the behavior of the PLBCE runtime. The runtime accepts existing keywords defined using the obsolete keyword prefixes of SUNDB or SDBWIN. All new keywords require the use the PLB prefix. The keywords may be placed in the PLBWIN.INI file.

The .ini file name processing occurs as follows:

The runtime qualifies and uses an INI file when the file contains any section header. A section header is an INI file record that starts with '[' and is terminated with a ']'.
The runtime looks for and uses an INI filename found in three possible directories. The runtime always processes the INI files in the same order giving the user the ability to override globally defined parameters. The file name searching is as follows:

First, the runtime looks for an INI filename in the current working directory. This allows someone doing very specific and local program execution using keyword controls that override default keyword controls specified in (b) or (c) below.
Second, the runtime looks for an INI filename in the current user Windows directory. If the INI filename is found, it becomes the local keyword controls for the runtime. This allows someone to define workstation INI file controls. The local INI file controls can override (c) below.
Third, the runtime looks for an INI filename in the directory where PLBWIN.EXE is found. If the INI filename is found, it becomes the global (default) keyword controls for the runtime.

If the runtime is started without using the '-i' option, the runtime looks for the default INI file named 'PLBWIN.INI' in the three possible areas. Any PLBWIN.INI files found in the three directories are then used to locate requested INI file keywords in the order as described in (B) above.
If the runtime is started WITH the '-i' option being specified and the INI file name does not have a path specified, the runtime looks for the INI file name in the three possible directories defined in (B) above. The runtime only processes the user named INI file from the three directories defined in (b.) above. This means the 'PLBWIN.INI' is not used in this case.
If the runtime is started with the '-i' option being specified and the INI file name does have a path specified, the runtime looks for and uses the single specified INI file if found. This case disables the runtime from processing multiple INI files as described in (B) above.

It is important to note that when modifying the INI files, unpredictable results can occur if the file is compressed by the process of editing it. If the user is using the Sunbelt Editor to change the file, the '-E' option should be specified to output a non-compressed file.

Keyword	Purpose
PLB_ADVSPOOLFILE95A	Controls advanced printing.
PLB_ANSI	Execute in ANSI compatible mode.
PLB_ANSIIO	Execute in ANSI compatible mode for IO operations.
PLB_ANSI_OEM	Control Windows character translation.
PLB_AUTH	Allow specification of the software authorization number in lieu of the DBSERIAL file.
PLB_AUTOFOCUS	Automatically set the focus to a defined EDITTEXT object.
PLB_AUTOISICOMPACT	Control the automatic ISI compaction behavior.
PLB_BGFG	Define the default foreground and background screen colors.
PLB_CASE	Enable external label case sensitivity.
PLB_CDFDELMDEFAULT	Define the default CDF output delimiter.
PLB_CHECKFILE2GB	Disables the 2GB file limitation checking of the Windows runtimes.
PLB_CHKDRN	Enables ISI data record validation for ISAM WRITE operations.
PLB_CLOCKDATE	Specify the format of the date returned by the CLOCK DATE instruction.
PLB_CLOCKERROR	Modify the behavior of the CLOCK ERROR instruction.
PLB_CLOCKUSEIP	Retrieve time and date values from the Sunbelt Data Manager.
PLB_COMPRESSION	Enable or disable data manager message compression.
PLB_CURRENCY	Redefine the currency symbol.
PLB_DEBUG	Enable internal runtime debugging.
PLB_DECIMAL	Define the decimal point symbol.
PLB_DMALTIP	Specifies Data Manager alternate IP addresses.
PLB_DMKEEPACTIVE	Control Data Manager keep-alive processing.
PLB_DMKEEPALIVE	Controls Data Manager keep-alive processing.
PLB_DOSCMDLN	Enable storage of complete command line.
PLB_DPT	Execute in Datapoint compatible mode.
PLB_DPTFILENAME	Disable Datapoint file name processing.
PLBENV	Define a file name or path alias.
PLB_EOR	Redefine the logical end of record mark.
PLB_EXTLIB32	Specifies the name of the DLL accessed during EXTCALL instructions.
PLB_F10	Allow the F10 to be a PL/B function key.
PLB_F31	Disable F31 key when a GUI event terminates a KEYIN.
PLB_FNC	Convert file names to lower case.
PLBWIN_FONT	Redefine the default font.
PLBWIN_FSIZE	Redefine the default font size.
PLB_GLOBALSIZE	Define the Global Memory size.
PLBWIN_ICON	Replace the default application icon.
PLB_LOCALE	Modify Windows locale settings.
PLB_LOCALIP	Define the local IP address of the data manager.
PLB_LOGON	Specify the data manager logon key.
PLB_MAXDMRECVTIME	Define the maximum data manager recieve time.
PLB_MONDECIMAL	Redefine the monetary decimal symbol.
PLB_MONTHOUSAND	Redefine the monetary thousand separator symbol.
PLB_NDUP	Disallow duplicate keys in ISAM files.
PLB_NET	Alter CLOCK SYSPORT behavior.
PLB_NL	Ignore new line characters in KEYIN instructions.
PLB_NOFKEYSTR	Disable placement of the function key string mnemonics in the S$ERROR$ common variable.
PLB_NOINT	Disable interruption of *W and PAUSE instructions.
PLB_OPENABS	Restrict file opens to one mode.
PLB_OPENUSEIP	Specify default ip address used for all non-redirected file OPENs.
PLB_OPENUSESQL	Specify default sql tag for all OPENs without a tag.
PLB_PATH	Define the initial search path for files and programs.
PLB_PORT	Specify the port number to be returned in a CLOCK PORT instruction.
PLB_PREP	Define the default directory for files created with PREPARE.
PLB_PREP87	Control the format of ISAM and AAM files created by the PREPARE instruction.
PLB_PREPBYMFD	Control detection of MFD by the PREPARE instruction.
PLB_PREPUSEIP	Specify default ip address used for all non-redirected file PREPAREs.
PLB_PREPUSESQL	Specify default sql tag for all PREPAREs without a tag.
PLB_PRTDEBUG	Enable LPT port print debugging.
PLB_PRTRETRY	Define the print retry count.
PLB_PRTTIME	Redefine the Windows printer wait time.
PLB_PUBLIC	Specify the data manager public key.
PLB_RDCLR	Clear variables upon unsuccessful ISAM or AAM read.
PLB_ROUND	Round numbers according to ANSI specification.
PLB_SAVECHARSIZE	Control the character attribute size.
PLB_SCHEMA	Declars the default database file.
PLB_SHARE	Disable notification of SHARE load failure.
PLB_SHAREFLUSH	Disable automatic flushing of data to files opened in SHARE mode.
PLB_SHIFTAZ	Control keyboard shift inversion.
PLB_SKIPFOCUS	Ignore gain for event when returning to window.
PLB_SPLEXT	Enable use of the user defined spool file extension.
PLB_SQLIO_CONN	Define addition login information for SQLIO connections.
PLB_SQLIO_DEBUG_LOG	Identifies the debug log file for SQLIO.
PLB_SQLIO_DRIVER	Identifies the type of SQL connection for SQLIO.
PLB_SQLIO_EXT	Define the opentional extension data for SQLIO connections.
PLB_SQLIO_FLAGS	Define any special settings for SQLIO connections.
PLB_SQLIO_HOST	Define the default host name for SQLIO connections.
PLB_SQLIO_INIT	Define a database initialization command.
PLB_SQLIO_PASS	Define the default password for SQLIO connections.
PLB_SQLIO_SCOPEID	Controls the SQLIO use of the IDENITY value.
PLB_SQLIO_SQLTYPE	Define the SQL syntax for SQLIO connections.
PLB_SQLIO_USER	Define the default user name for SQLIO connections.
PLB_SQLSCHEMADB	Define the schema database name for SQLIO.
PLB_SQLTABLEDB	Define the schema database tables name for SQLIO.
PLB_SSL_VERSION	Control the version of SSL libraries used.
PLB_SYSTEM	Define the location of the runtime authorization file.
PLBCE_TASKBAR	Adjust the main window by the taskbar height.
PLB_TERM	Define an alternate screen definition file.
PLB_THOUSAND	Redefine the numeric one thousand separator symbol.
PLB USEDBCTYPE	Enable SWDBC TYPE instruction support.
PLB USERUNEXT	Control default utility verb extension.
PLBVOL	Define Datapoint drive or environment alias.
PLBWIN_W33RETRY	Allows read retries.
PLBWIN_WINHIDE	Primary window is initially hidden.
PLB_WRTERROR	Generate an error if data written to a fixed length file is truncated.
PLBWIN_XPIO	Reset EOF before disk writes.