Step 1. Review an Existing System Variable
REP004 - System and Multilingual Variables
In this step you will review an existing system variable.
1. In the Repository tab, expand the Resources group.
2. Expand
.3. Expand the M group (if the system variables are grouped alphabetically) to show all system variables starting with M.
4. Locate and open the *MONTH system variable in the . You will see a "Read Only" dialog as you open it.
Note that, alternatively, you can open the *MONTH system variable by typing Ctrl + O, and specifying *MONTH:
5. Review the system variable definition.
This system variable returns the current month. It uses the LANSA supplied program M@SYSVAR to set the value. Do NOT change the system variable.
6. Close the system variable.