Built-In Functions

A Built-In Function (BIF) provides a standard and published specification for calling an external program. Visual LANSA has a large set of shipped BIFs. You can also create your own BIFs.

A BIF is implemented by the USE command. For example:

Use Builtin() With_Args() To_Get()

The following routine retrieves all employee records into a working list and uses the TRANSFORM_LIST Built-In Function to create a CSV file.

See Built-In Functions for further details.

Note that you should always consider using an intrinsic method instead of a BIF if there is an equivalent intrinsic method.