ProvideX V8.20 > Language Reference > 6. System Parameters
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Default
Off. Toolbar width and coordinates are calculated based on 80 columns, regardless
of the number of columns in the window.
'TC'= System Parameter
   Tip Colour
Description
Assigns the fill colour for the "Tip" window. If the colour code is in the range from 0
to 7 then the respective colour is used as fill. If the colour code is in the range from 8
to15, then 50% of the colour is used. Supported options include:
0 - Current
8 - Dark Gray
1 - Light Red
9 - Dark Red
2 - Light Green 10 - Dark green
3 - Light Yellow 11 - Dark Yellow
4 - Light Blue  12 - Dark Blue
5 - Light Magenta 13 - Dark Magenta
6 - Light Cyan  14 - Dark Cyan
7 - White
15 - Gray
Default
'TC'=0. Current Windows default tip colour, specified in the user's desktop. This will
match other Windows applications on the user's system.
Note: In earlier versions, 0 was the colour code for Black and the default setting was 11 for
Yellow.
'TH'= System Parameter
     Thousands Separator
Description
Assigns the thousands separator/character for use in formatted numeric data IO.
Use the ASCII value of the character. For WindX environments, this parameter must
be set on both the client and the server.
Note: 'TH' is used if I/O is formatted in INPUT, OBTAIN, PRINT and the STR( ) function
(and ignored for unformatted I/O). It is always ignored by the NUM( ) function and
when using WRITE, READ, FIND or EXTRACT directives in converting numeric data.
Default
'TH'=44 or 'TH'=ASC(",") for the comma.
'TL' System Parameter
     LIKE Emulates Thoroughbred
Description
Sets the LIKE Operator to use a simplified pattern match which emulates the behaviour
of LIKE in Thoroughbred for conversions from Thoroughbred. This pattern matching is:
· mask character: the complete string on the left must match
· character '*' in the mask stands for any number of characters