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Miscellaneous Functions

Miscellaneous functions perform a variety of operations and return specific information or values. The miscellaneous functions are summarized in the table below. Click the function name to jump to a discussion of that function.

Function	Result
Always	Used as a placeholder or stub.
Call	Suspends one calculation and executes another calculation file.
Chain	Calls another calculation language file.
CFind	Temporarily suspends one calculation and executes another calculation file.
CPSTR	Convert a string constant, or any value from a string variable, to a specific codepage number.
DECLARE	Create a DAL variable as an integer variable, decimal variable, or string variable and optionally assign it a codepage value.
Exists	Determines if a DAL symbolic variable exists.
GetLocale	Retrieve the current locale active setting.
GetValue	Returns a string that contains the contents of the DAL symbolic variable specified by the parameter.
LoadLib	Loads a file that contains a library of DAL scripts.
MajorVersion	Retrieves the major version number of the system being executed.
MinorVersion	Retrieves the minor version number of the system being executed.
Print_It	Prints a string on the console.
Retain	Retains DAL variables during transaction processing.
SetLocale	Assign a new locale definition.
UniqueString	Returns a 45-character globally unique string.