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'''WSID$''' and '''[WSID]''' return a two or three digit [[Workstation ID]]. On multi-user systems, this variable is helpful in keeping separate the files and printouts from different [[workstations]], as is [[Session$]]. | '''WSID$''' and '''[[WSID]]''' return a two or three digit [[Workstation ID]]. On multi-user systems, this variable is helpful in keeping separate the files and printouts from different [[workstations]], as is [[Session$]]. | ||
====Comments and Examples==== | ====Comments and Examples==== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:24, 22 May 2014
WSID$ and WSID return a two or three digit Workstation ID. On multi-user systems, this variable is helpful in keeping separate the files and printouts from different workstations, as is Session$.
Comments and Examples
00010 PRINT #255,USING 20: WSID$, DATE$ 00020 FORM "workstation: ",C 2," Date: ",C 8
Lines 10 and 20 illustrate putting WSID$ and DATE$ as identifying information on a printed report.
Technical Considerations
- workstation IDs can also be accessed through another notation for use in file names. This alternate notation is [WSID] and is often easier to use in procedures.
- For example, FREE WORK[WSID]. It is also useful in OPEN statements.
- WSID$ can only be set when BR32.exe is launched, by use of a command line parameter or (more commonly) a WSID specification in BRConfig.sys.