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OEM
The OEM attribute (PROP:OEM) specifies that the FILE on which it is placed contains non-English language string data that was stored by a DOS based program or needs to be read by a DOS based program. These strings are automatically translated from the OEM ASCII character set data contained in the file to the ANSI character set for display in Windows. All string data in the record is automatically translated from the ANSI character set to the OEM ASCII character set before the record is written to disk.
The specific OEM ASCII character set used for the translation comes from the DOS code page loaded by the country.SYS file. This makes the data file specific to the language used for that code page, and means the data may not be useable on a computer with a different code page loaded. This attribute may not be supported by all file systems; consult the specific file driver's documentation.
Example:
Cust FILE,DRIVER('TopSpeed'),PRE(Cus),OEM !Contains international strings
CustKey KEY(Cus:Name)
Record RECORD
Name STRING(20)
END
END
Screen WINDOW('Window')
ENTRY(@S20),USE(Cus:Name)
BUTTON('&OK'),USE(?Ok),DEFAULT
BUTTON('&Cancel'),USE(?Cancel)
END
CODE
OPEN(Cust) !Open Cust file
SET(Cust)
NEXT(Cust) !Get record, ASCII strings are automatically
! translated to ANSI character set
OPEN(Screen) !Open window and display ANSI data
ACCEPT
CASE FIELD()
OF ?Ok
CASE EVENT()
OF EVENT:Accepted
PUT(Cust) !Put record, ANSIstrings are automatically
! translated to the OEM ASCII character set
! per the loaded DOS code page
BREAK
END
END
END
CLOSE(Screen)
CLOSE(Cust)
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