PicLan-IP Pre-compiler Functions

note: Some of these function names have changed with PicLan-IP version 2.0.0(112).

The following mv/Basic extension functions are included in PicLan-IP:

 1.  PL_HEXTOIP(...)
 2.  PL_IPTOHEX(...)
 3.  PL_MAX(...,...)
 4.  PL_MIN(...,...)
 5.  PL_NOW()
 6.  PL_AMTOCRLF(...)
 7.  PL_CRLFTOAM(...)
 8.  PL_BIN(...)
 9.  PL_HEX(...)
10.  PL_FROMDATE(...)
11.  PL_TODATE(...)
12.  PL_REPL(...,...,...)
13.  PL_QUOTE(...)
14.  PL_UNQUOTE(...)
15.  PL_TRIMB(...)
16.  PL_TRIMF(...)

Some of these functions already exist in many MV implementations but are included in the PicLan-IP pre-compiler to assist Modular Software's porting of PicLan-IP from platform to platform.

PL_HEXTOIP(...)

Convert a 8 character hexadecimal string into a "dot format" IP address string.

PL_IPTOHEX(...)

Convert a "dot format" IP address string into an 8 character hexadecimal string.

PL_MAX(...,...)

Return the larger of two numbers.

PL_MIN(...,...)

Return the smaller of two numbers.

PL_NOW()

Return the current number of seconds from Jan 1, 1967.

PL_AMTOCRLF(...)

Convert AM characters to CRLF sequences.

PL_CRLFTOAM(...)

Convert CRLF sequences to AM characters.

PL_BIN(...)

Convert a string from hex to binary.

PL_HEX(...)

Convert a string from binary to hex.

PL_FROMDATE(...)

Convert from an internet format printable date/time to the number of seconds from Jan 1, 1967.

PL_TODATE(...)

Convert a number which is the number of seconds from Jan 1, 1967 to an internet format date/time string.

PL_REPL(...,...,...)

Search the first parameter for all occurances of the second parameter and replace then with the third parameter.

PL_QUOTE(...)

Perform HTML "quoting" on a string.

HTML quoting is a process where certain characters are replaced with HTML strings so that the characters will actually be displayed instead of being interpreted as HTML tags. For example, a less than character '<' will be replaced with '<'.

PL_UNQUOTE(...)

Unquote an HTML string back to normal characters.

PL_TRIMB(...)

Remove any trailing spaces from the string.

PL_TRIMF(...)

Remove any leading spaces from the string.