PARMS keyword

Applies to

Required in IDO Collection list sources, IDO Method Call validators, and IDO Method Call event handlers.

Syntax

PARMS( type1 [ value1 ] [ , type2 [ value2 ] ] . . . )

Remarks

Types can be any of the following. In general, for each type of parameter, there is a "by value" and "by reference" version, the latter with an "R" preceding the type name.

  • VARIANT (or VAR)
  • RVARIANT (or RVAR)
  • BSTR
  • RBSTR
  • BOOL
  • RBOOL
  • DATE
  • RDATE
  • CY
  • RCY
  • I2
  • RI2
  • I4
  • RI4
  • R8
  • RR8
  • UI1
  • RUI1
  • MESSAGE (special type for transferring "infobar" stored procedure parameter data back to WinStudio, which will then make it available as the backend message via the %b substitution syntax.