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Table 2-1

Valid field I/O entries

Entry	Description
*	Inputs the contents of the next input buffer (transmitted
	from the Meridian IVR 2.0/I application) into the field
	and used for COMI cells.
$num	Outputs the contents of the field into the next output
	buffer. num is a number in the range 1-31 and
	represents the number of characters in the field TRS will
	put in the output buffer. If you do not assign num a
	value, TRS will place 31 characters into the buffer. It is
	used for COMO cells.
%n$	Outputs the contents of the field into an internal variable
	named n, which must be a number from 1–9.
%n*	Enters the contents of internal variable n into the field.
%n$num	Outputs the first num characters of the field into variable
	n.
text	Any text string to be entered in the field. If any of the
	special characters listed in this table are to entered as
	text, enclose the entire text in quotes (e.g., “$abc”).
BLANKOUT	Clears TRS memory space associated with the host
	application screen before retrieving output.

Note: Place the asterisk and dollar sign characters in quotation marks if your field-descriptors require their use without their associated buffer commands.

For retrieving data into an output buffer, $num indicates the number of characters to be retrieved from the field; using $ without a number retrieves characters until an attribute is encountered, or a maximum of 31 characters have been retrieved.

Internal variables (indicated by the % symbol) are used within the VT100 screens only and cannot be transmitted through the TRS gateway. You can only use internal variables to store and enter data from one screen to another in the host computer application. To send the data to the Meridian IVR 2.0/I application that called the TRS process, you need to store the data in an output buffer.

555-9001-316 Standard 1.0 February 1996