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Use CREATE_OBJECT to create XML VARAs

  • 1.  Use CREATE_OBJECT to create XML VARAs

    Posted Aug 22, 2018 10:20 AM

    I just stumbled across a nice undocumented feature. It’s possible to use CREATE_OBJECT to create XML VARA objects. There are two ways of doing this:

     

    1. Specify XML as the object type instead of VARA.

    :SET &RC#= CREATE_OBJECT(XML,"UC0.TEMP.VARA_XML,,"My XML VARA","I","","FREE")

    or

    2. Add the VARA type XML as an eighth argument.

    :SET &RC#= CREATE_OBJECT(VARA,"UC0.TEMP.VARA_XML,,"My XML VARA","I","","FREE",XML)

     

    The v12.0.4 JUI reveals this optional argument in the tooltip for the function, so the option has been around for a while.

    Enjoy!