Microsoft KB Archive/21291

TO, USING, and FROM Clauses in the SCREEN SECTION

PSS ID Number: Q21291 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

2.00 2.10 MS-DOS

Summary: The following is a description of the differences between the TO, USING, and FROM clauses in the SCREEN SECTION.

More Information: The characteristics of the TO clause are as follows: 1. The length of the field is printed in periods. 2. The value of the variable is not printed. 3. SHIFT-TAB does not blank characters. The characteristics of the USING clause are as follows: 1. The length of the field is not printed. 2. The value of the variable is not printed. 3. SHIFT-TAB blanks characters. The characteristics of the FROM clause are as follows: 1. The value of the variable is printed. 2. Variable changes are not allowed.

Additional reference words: 2.00 2.10 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.