GET-COLLATIONS function

The GET-COLLATIONS function returns a comma-delimited list of the collations either listed in convmap.cp or specified by the Conversion Map (-convmap) startup parameter for the specified code page.

Syntax 

 

GET-COLLATIONS ( codepage )

codepage

A code page name. If there are no collations for the specified code page, the AVM returns the Unknown value (?).

Example 

This procedure displays a list of the code pages available in memory for the current ABL session and the collations available for each code page:

 

r-get.p

DEFINE VARIABLE code-page-list AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO. DEFINE VARIABLE collation-list AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO. DEFINE VARIABLE ix             AS INTEGER   NO-UNDO. DEFINE VARIABLE jx             AS INTEGER   NO-UNDO.   code-page-list = GET-CODEPAGES.   REPEAT ix = 1 TO NUM-ENTRIES(code-page-list): DISPLAY ENTRY(ix, code-page-list) FORMAT "x(19)" COLUMN-LABEL "Code Page" WITH DOWN FRAME a. collation-list = GET-COLLATIONS(ENTRY(ix, code-page-list)).   REPEAT jx = 1 TO NUM-ENTRIES(collation-list): DISPLAY ENTRY(jx, collation-list) FORMAT "x(19)"       COLUMN-LABEL "Collation" WITH DOWN FRAME a. DOWN WITH FRAME a. END. END.

See also 

GET-CODEPAGES function