Defining additional events

A new event can be defined and called by Format Control calculations, in the case that a specific condition must be checked for the event to occur at specialized times.

The syntax generally used to check for an event is as follows.

(x=o, q, or l): if (condition=true) then ($ocmx.events.pntr in
$ocmx.events=“event name”;$ocmx.events.pntr+=1)
  • The variable $ocmx.events (where x = the area q, o, or l) is an array of character strings used to track the events that occur during a particular phase of processing.
  • The variable $ocmx.events.pntr is a pointer to the next array element that can be used to record an event name.

Important: Once an event has been added to the array, it is important to increment the pointer by 1 (one). If this does not happen, the event previously recorded will be overwritten.

The event that is scheduled if the condition is true must be defined in the ocmevents file.

Related topics

Events
Events and messages

Add new events