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#UTILITY( name, description ) [, HLP( helpid ) ] [, WIZARD( procedure ) ]

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#UTILITY Begins a utility generation control.
name The name of the #UTILITY which identifies it for the Template Registry. This must be a valid Clarion label.
description A string constant describing the utility section.
HLP Specifies on-line help is available.
helpid A string constant containing the identifier to access the Help system. This may be either a Help keyword or “context string.”
WIZARD Specifies the #UTILITY is used as a Wizard to generate a procedure or a complete application.
procedure A string constant containing the fully qualified name of the #PROCEDURE for which it is a WIZARD.

The #UTILITY statement marks the beginning of a utility execution control section. The section is terminated by the next Template Code Section (#PROGRAM, #MODULE, #PROCEDURE, #CONTROL, #CODE, #EXTENSION, #UTILITY, or #GROUP) statement. The Template statements contained in this section control the utility execution process. Multiple #UTILITY sections are allowed in a single Template set.

The #UTILITY section is very similar to the #APPLICATION section, in that it allows you to produce output from the application. The purpose of #UTILITY is to provide extensible supplemental utilities for such things as program documentation, or a tree diagram of procedure calls. The list of registered utilities appears in the Utilities menu in the Clarion for Windows environment. #UTILITY with the WIZARD attribute specifies it contains a #SHEET with #TABs that display one tab at a time, guiding the user through the prompts.

Example:

#UTILITY(ProcCallTree, 'Output procedure call tree')

 #CREATE(%Application & '.TRE')

Procedure Call Tree: for %Application

#INSERT(%DisplayTree, %FirstProcedure, '', '  ')

#CLOSE

#!* #GROUP(%DisplayTree, %ThisProc, %Level, %NextIndent)  #FIX(%Procedure, %ThisProc) %Level+-%ThisProc (%ProcedureTemplate)  #FOR(%ProcedureCalled)    #IF(INSTANCE(%ProcedureCalled) = ITEMS(%ProcedureCalled)) #INSERT(%DisplayTree, %ProcedureCalled, %Level & %NextIndent, '  ')    #ELSE #INSERT(%DisplayTree, %ProcedureCalled, %Level & %NextIndent, '| ')    #ENDIF  #ENDFOR TipBox.jpg Use the %UtilityArguments symbol to assign optional parameters for the target #UTILITY. Example: #declare(%one) #declare(%two) #set(%one,extract(%UtilityArguments,'one',0)) #set(%two,extract(%UtilityArguments,'two',0))**

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