Creating datum objects

Datum objects are created when data is retrieved through GRM or XPM handles. See GRM extensionsXPM extensions.

They are also created with the datcreate command. datcreate creates one datum at a time and returns the new datum's handle.

If datcreate is not give any arguments, then a datum representing an empty field is created. and

For example:

 andInput: datcreate
Output: datum0

To create datum with a particular value:

Input: datcreate "some data"
Output: datum1

To specify the datum's datatype:

Input: datcreate 17760705 dt
Output: datum2

If not specified, it defaults to ch.