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Open List of Objects (QGYOLOBJ) API
The format of this parameter is described in Selection Control Format.
Number of keyed fields to return
INPUT; BINARY(4)
The number of keyed fields to return in addition to the fields returned with the specified format.
Key of fields to be returned
INPUT; ARRAY(*) of BINARY(4)
The list of the fields to be returned in addition to the fields returned with the specified format. For a
list of the valid keys, see page Valid Keys.
Error code
I/O; CHAR(*)
The structure in which to return error information. For the format of the structure, see Error Code
Parameter. If this parameter is omitted, diagnostic and escape messages are issued to the
application.
Sort Information Format
The following shows the format of the sort information parameter. For detailed descriptions of the fields in
the table, see Field Descriptions.
Dec
Offset
Hex Type Field
0 0 BINARY(4) Number of keys to sort on
Offsets vary. These BINARY(4) Sort key field starting position
fields repeat for each
sort key field.
BINARY(4) Sort key field length
BINARY(2) Sort key field data type
CHAR(1) Sort order
CHAR(1) Reserved.
Note: If the last three fields (sort key field data type, sort order and the reserved field) are not used, they
must be set to hexadecimal zeros. This causes all the data to be treated as character data, and it is sorted in
ascending order.
Field Descriptions
Number of keys to sort on. The number of fields within the record structure to sort on. If zero is
specified, the list is not sorted.
Reserved. An ignored field. Set to hexadecimal zeros.
Sort key field data type. The data type of the field to sort. Refer to the key data type field in the for
information about the list of data types available.
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