QXBREAKCH_START

Specifies the character starting with which string is split in the Informix® compatibility mode.

Syntax

QXBREAKCH_START = "<value>"

Usage and examples

There are cases when strings are split into shorted strings, e.g.:

• in the Informix® compatibility mode, and
• when converting classic (.per) forms into .fm2 ones.

In these cases, Lycia will look for the specified character in this string and split the string starting from this character:

QXBREAKCH_START = "-"

By default, these characters (the ones considered as the beginning of a new string) are  *=+-.

You can change these characters by

• setting the QXBREAKCH_START environment variable in env.properties (for compilation) and inet.env (for runtime),
• changing the value of gui.layout.break.start in fglprofile.std.

The default behavior in achieved if none of these variables is set (neither QXBREAKCH_START nor gui.layout.break.start).

In the table below, you can see how the string with the default starting characters is split (for default values, i.e. QXBREAKCH_START="*=+-").

The table also gives examples of how strings are split if they contain the end characters as well as multiple spaces (see QXBREAKCH_END and QXREP_SPACES for details).

abc+def+ghi	→	abc	+def	+ghi
abc:def:ghi	→	abc:	def:	ghi
abc+def:ghi	→	abc	+def:	ghi
abc:def+ghi	→	abc:	def	+ghi
abc+:def	→	abc	+:	def
abc:+def	→	abc:	+def
abc+def	→	abc	+def
abc  :def	→	abc	:	def
abc+  def	→	abc	+	def
abc:  def	→	abc:	def

In env.properties and inet.env, QXBREAKCH_START must be set together with QX_COMPAT=Informix4GL.