VA FileMan Programmer Manual: FILELST^DID( )

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FILELST^DID(): DD File List Retriever

Reference Type	Category	ICR #
Supported	Database Server (DBS)	2052

Description

The FILELST^DID API returns a list of file-level attributes that are supported by VA FileMan. It shows specifically which attributes the data dictionary (DD) file list retriever calls can return.

Format

FILELST^DID(target_root)

Input Parameter

TARGET_ROOT

(Required) The root of an output array.

Output Parameter

TARGET_ROOT

The descendants of the array root are subscripted by the attribute names. "WP" nodes indicate that the attribute consists of a WORD-PROCESSING field. "M" nodes indicate that the attribute can consist of multiple sub-attributes.

Example

Figure 164: FILELST^DID API—Example: Input and Output

    >D FILELST^DID("TEST")

    >ZW TEST
    TEST("ARCHIVE FILE")=
    TEST("AUDIT ACCESS")=
    TEST("DATE")=
    TEST("DD ACCESS")=
    TEST("DEL ACCESS")=
    TEST("DESCRIPTION")=
    TEST("DESCRIPTION","#(word-processing)")=
    TEST("DEVELOPER")=
    TEST("DISTRIBUTION PACKAGE")=
    TEST("ENTRIES")=
    TEST("GLOBAL NAME")=
    TEST("LAYGO ACCESS")=
    TEST("LOOKUP PROGRAM")=
    TEST("NAME")=
    TEST("PACKAGE REVISION DATA")=
    TEST("REQUIRED IDENTIFIERS")=
    TEST("REQUIRED IDENTIFIERS","#","FIELD")=
    TEST("RD ACCESS")=
    TEST("VERSION")=
    TEST("WR ACCESS")=

NOTE: "RD ACCESS" in Figure 164 is a new attributes input parameter.

Error Codes Returned

None.

Reviewed/Updated: May 2026