Banner Retrieval (BN)

Command title

Banner Retrieval

Description

This command retrieves the client name and address as well as the tableBASE release level that is currently executing.

COBOL syntax

 
MOVE 'BN'                  TO xxxx-COMMAND.
CALL 'TBLBASE' USING       TB-PARM
                           xxxx-COMMAND-AREA
                           NAME-AREA
                           [RELEASE-LEVEL].

C syntax 

memcpy( tbCommArea.tbCommand, "BN", 2 );
TBLBASE( &tbParm, &tbCommArea, pNameArea, pReleaseLevel );

Parameters

NAME-AREA

RELEASE-LEVEL (optional)

Explanation

Various components use BN to get Release Level and display it. For example, TBEXEC (DK1TEXEC), the primary tableBASE batch utility, uses the BN command to display this information on the first page of its Audit Report.

Return value

None

Notes

RELEASE-LEVEL was introduced with Version 6.

Exceptions

None

See also

None