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Syntax
ALIas { OFF|ON|
<NR1>}
ALIas?
Related Commands
ALIas:DEFine
ALIas[:STATE]
Arguments
OFF turns alias expansion off. If a defined alias is sent when ALIas is off, a
command error (110) will be generated.
ON turns alias expansion on. When a definedaliasisreceived,thespecified
command sequence is substituted for the alias and executed.
<NR1> = 0 disables alias mode; any other value enables alias mode.
Examples
ALIAS ON turns the alias feature on. When a defined alias is received, the specified
command sequence is substituted for the alias and executed.
ALIAS? might return :ALIAS 1 indicating that the alias feature is on.
ALIas:CATalog? (Query Only)
Returns a list of the currently definedaliaslabels,separatedbycommas.Ifno
aliases are defined, the query returns the string "".
Group
Alias
Syntax
ALIas:CATalog?
Examples
ALIAS:CATALOG? might return the string :ALIAS :CATALOG
"SETUP1","TESTMENU1","DEF AULT"
showing that there are three aliases
named SETUP1, TESTMENU1, and DEFAULT.
ALIas:DEFine
Assigns a sequence of program messages to an alias label. These messages are
then substituted for the alias whenever it is received as a command or query,
provided that ALIas:STATE has been turned on. The query form of this command
returns the definitions of a selected alias.
NOTE. Attempting to give two aliases the same name causes an error. To give a
new alias the name of an existing alias, the existing alias must first be deleted.
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