Tutorial Toolkit Function Descriptions > Introduction > General Built-ins
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General Built-ins
The following functions set and return information regarding the MSC.Patran session or MSC.Patran itself.
 
is_batch
( )
Description:
Checks to see if MSC.Patran is running in batch mode.
Input:
none
Output:
LOGICAL
<Return Value>
TRUE if running in batch mode.
FALSE if running interactively.
Example:
Please see is_batch (p. 3) in the MSC Acumen Toolkit - Code Examples.
 
db_get_p3_version
( p3_ver)
Description:
Queries the database for the version number.
Input:
none
Output:
STRING
p3_ver[ ]
Buffer to hold MSC.Patran version.
INTEGER
<Return Value>
SQL error code.
Example:
Please see db_get_p3_version (p. 2) in the MSC Acumen Toolkit - Code Examples.
 
utl_get_terse_version
( terse_verson )
Description:
Get terse (short) version string.
Input:
none
Output:
STRING
terse_verson[ ]
Version string.
Example:
Please see utl_get_terse_version (p. 7) in the MSC Acumen Toolkit - Code Examples.
 
utl_query_version_level
( )
Description:
Return the code version level.
Input:
none
Output:
INTEGER
<Return Value>
0 = Production code.
1 = Beta code.
2 = Alpha code.
3 = Development code.
Example:
Please see utl_query_version_level (p. 8) in the MSC Acumen Toolkit - Code Examples.