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Cursor-name Query

Note: This topic applies to UNIX environments (remote development) only.

Displays the contents of the data item at the current cursor position. It gives you access to other functions which enable you to modify and monitor the item. To alter the contents of the queried data type in a new value. The new value replaces the item's previous value. If the data item is a dynamic stream, you can update it using the Do function.

You can place the cursor, or select with the mouse, anywhere in the data item or in the data item window. If you do not select the name of a data item, the message:

Not data item

appears at the bottom of the screen.

Following a successful query, the Query Data-name menu appears on the screen with the queried data-name on the information line and the value of the data item at the bottom of the screen.

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