#GOLDKEY
General Form:
#GOLDKEY
The #GOLDKEY function returns a number ranging from 1-65535 that is specific to each KCML installation. #GOLDKEY is intended to ensure that the application being used can only work with a particular copy of KCML. This function is valid wherever a numeric expression is valid.
| Dongle | Operating
system |
KCML
Version |
#GOLDKEY value
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Branded versions | All | KCML5 | Taken from licence file |
| Parallel DK12 | Unix only | KCML4 | Taken from the inode number of the file TERMFILE as set by the TERMFILE environment variable. |
| Parallel DK12 | Single user DOS | KCML4 | Taken from the Network Interface Card address, if no network card is installed then the serial number from the hard disk is used. |
| Parallel DK2
PCMCIA DK38 |
Unix
Networked DOS |
KCML4 | Taken from the dongle. |
| Serial DK96 | Unix only | KCML4 | Taken from the dongle. |
Syntax example
number = #GOLDKEY
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