• <Helps for GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
      • Statement Format Symbols
      • Alphabetical List of Functions and Statements
      • List of Reserved Words
      • Deprecated Features
      • Declaration Statements
      • Array Object
      • Audio Object
      • Barcode and QR Codes
      • Document Object
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      • Freq Object
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      • Pff Object
      • SystemApp Object
      • ValueSet Object
      • Program Control Statements
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      • Batch Edit Statements
      • Numeric Functions
      • String Functions
      • Multiple Occurrence Functions
      • General Functions
        • Compress Function
        • Decompress Function
        • Diagnostics Function
        • Encode Function
        • ErrMsg Function
        • ExecSystem Function (Desktop)
        • ExecSystem Function (Mobile)
        • ExecPFF Function
        • GetProperty Function
        • GetLabel Function
        • GetLanguage Function
        • GetSymbol Function
        • GetValueLabel Function
        • Hash Function
        • HtmlDialog Function
        • InValueSet Function
        • Invoke Function
        • IsChecked Function
        • LoadSetting Function
        • LogText Function
        • MaxValue Function
        • MinValue Function
        • Paradata Function
        • PathConcat Function
        • PathName Function
        • Report Function (Deprecated)
        • SaveSetting Function
        • SetLanguage Function
        • SetProperty Function
        • SetReportData Function (Deprecated)
        • SetValueSet Function
        • SetValueSet Function With Arrays
        • SetValueSets Function
        • Special Function
        • SqlQuery Function
        • Stop Function
        • SysParm Function
        • Tr Function
        • Trace Function
        • UUID Function
        • View Function
        • Warning Function
      • Date and Time Functions
      • External File Functions
      • Synchronization Functions
      • Export Attributes
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Appendix
  • <Helps for CSEntry>
  • <Helps for CSBatch>
  • <Helps for CSTab>
  • <Helps for DataViewer>
  • <Helps for TextView>
  • <Helps for TblView>
  • <Helps for TRSWin>
  • <Helps for CSDeploy>
  • <Helps for CSPack>
  • <Helps for CSFreq>
  • <Helps for CSSort>
  • <Helps for CSExport>
  • <Helps for CSReFmt>
  • <Helps for CSDiff>
  • <Helps for CSConcat>
  • <Helps for TRSSetup>
  • <Helps for ParadataViewer>
  • <Helps for ParadataConcat>
  • <Helps for CSIndex>
  • <Helps for Excel2CSPro>
  • <Helps for CSWeb>

LoadSetting Function

Format
s = loadsetting(attribute ʃ,default_settingʅ);
Description
The loadsetting function, using the string expression attribute, retrieves a setting from an attribute-value pair, a setting that has been previously saved using the savesetting function. An optional string or numeric expression default_setting can be provided and will be returned if no value has been saved for the given attribute.
The file from which settings are retrieved can be modified by altering the CommonStore attribute of a PFF file. If an attribute does not exist in the specified file but does exist in the global settings database (shared by all CSPro applications), then that global attribute-value pair is used.
Return Value
The function returns a string containing the value associated with the attribute. If no value is associated with the attribute, then the function returns a blank string unless a default setting has been provided, in which case it returns the default setting.
Example
PROC GLOBAL

function OnChangeLanguage()
   
// save the selected language so that the change is persistent,
    // being available the next time that the program is run
    savesetting("Language", getlanguage());
end;


PROC MY_APPLICATION_FF

preproc

   
// set the language at the start of the program, defaulting to English
    setlanguage(loadsetting("Language", "EN"));
See also: SaveSetting Function, User and Configuration Settings, CSEntry Settings Modification