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File Attribute Types shows how the attribute types listed in the File Attributes Programming Reference Manual correspond to the types used in this manual. Attribute types that cannot be accessed through WFL are listed as not available.

Table 3. File Attribute Types

File Attribute Type

Corresponding WFL Type

Valid File Attributes

Boolean

<Boolean file attribute>

All Boolean attributes

Event

Not available

None of the attributes

Integer

<integer file attribute>

All integer attributes

Mnemonic

<mnemonic file attribute>

All mnemonic attributes

Pointer

<file name file attribute>

The following attributes are valid:

  • FAMILYOWNER

  • FILENAME

  • PRINTCHARGE

  • STATIONLIST

Pointer

<long file name file attribute>

LFILENAME attribute

Pointer

<long title file attribute>

LTITLE attribute

Pointer

<name file attribute>

The following attributes are valid:

  • APPLICATIONGROUP

  • FAMILYNAME

  • HOSTNAME

  • INTNAME

  • MYHOST

  • MYHOSTGROUP

  • SCRATCHPOOL

  • YOURHOST

  • YOURHOSTGROUP

  • YOURUSERCODE

Pointer

<string file attribute>

The following attributes are valid:

  • AFTER

  • DESTINATION

  • FORMID

  • LICENSEKEY

  • NOTE

  • PATHNAME

  • RELEASEID

  • TRANSFORM

  • WARNINGS

Pointer

<title file attribute>

The following attributes are valid:

  • ALIGNFILE

  • COPYNAME

  • MYNAME

  • SECURITYGUARD

  • STATIONNAME

  • TITLE

  • YOURNAME

Real

<real file attribute>

All real attributes

Translatable

Not available

None of the attributes

Word

<real file attribute>

The following attributes are valid:

  • STATE

  • TIMESTAMP

Word

<serial number list>

SERIALNO attribute

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