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|Sprezzatura Ltd|01 JAN 1991|2.021+|EXPERT|NOREAD, @PSEUDO, FIELDSTORE, CATALYST|

A reader queried how a template could be modified before display without
modifying the file copy of the template. If @PSEUDO is loaded with the
template record, and WINDOW is called with the literal NOREAD in the command
line, the template will be read from @PSEUDO rather than file. The value of
@PSEUDO could then be changed using FIELDSTORE before CATALYST was called,
for example to change a title before display -

  @PSEUDO = XLATE("TEMPLATES","TYPES","","X")
  @PSEUDO = FIELDSTORE(@PSEUDO,CHAR(247),6,1,"Test")
  CALL CATALYST("W","TYPES NOREAD")

Note - when using NOREAD a template name MUST still be given (this can be
anything as it seems only to be used to keep position within @SENTENCE).
Further the sixth "field" (delimited using CHAR(247)s, ie the title) MUST
contain something otherwise the system will display an error message and
return.


(Volume 2, Issue 8, Pages 4,5)