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Information Management Series HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Administration Manual
(c) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 by HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY For MPE/iX Systems HP Part No. 30601-64201 Edition E0592 Printed in U.S.A. Printed November 6, 1997 NOTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. | | | | HEWLETT-PACKARD PROVIDES THIS MATERIAL "AS IS" AND MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, | | EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF | | MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HEWLETT-PACKARD SHALL NOT BE | | LIABLE FOR ERRORS CONTAINED HEREIN OR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN | | CONNECTION WITH THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL WHETHER BASED ON | | WARRANTY, CONTRACT, OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY. | | | | Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software | | on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett-Packard. | | | | This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. All | | rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced or | | translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard | | Company. | | SWT/SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CENTER | | 8000 FOOTHILLS BOULEVARD | | ROSEVILLE, CA 95678, U.S.A. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Printing History New editions of this manual incorporate all material updated since the previous edition. Publication dates for each edition of the manual are listed below. First Edition September 1988 Second Edition September 1989 Third Edition February 1990 Fourth Edition May 1992 Preface MPE/iX MPE/iX, Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX, is the latest in a series of forward-compatible operating systems for the HP 3000 line of computers. In HP documentation and in talking with other HP 3000 users you will encounter references to MPE XL. All programs written for MPE XL will run without change under MPE/iX. You can continue to use MPE XL system documentation, although it may not refer to features added to the operating system to support POSIX (for example, hierarchical directories). Finally, you may encounter references to MPE V, which is the operating system for the HP 3000s not based on the PA-RISC (precision architecture-reduced instruction set computing) architecture. MPE V software can be run on the PA-RISC (Series 900) HP 3000s in what is known as compatibility mode. About This Manual This manual contains information needed by HP ALLBASE/4GL system administrators. It describes the features and the use of the HP ALLBASE/4GL administ application. This manual contains seven chapters, five appendixes, a glossary and an index. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the structure of HP ALLBASE/4GL and the responsibilities of the HP ALLBASE/4GL system administrator. Chapters 2 to 6 introduce the facilities available in the HP ALLBASE/4GL administrator application, and outline some aspects you need to consider in setting up HP ALLBASE/4GL to meet the requirements of your site. These chapters also describe the procedures for some of the administration tasks. Chapter 7 is a reference chapter describing the screens and screen fields in the administrator application. The first three appendixes contain a list of HP ALLBASE/4GL logic command names, a list of HP ALLBASE/4GL communication area names, and a description of the MPE/iX environment for HP ALLBASE/GL. The final two appendixes have an outline description of the requirements for HP ALLBASE/SQL database environments and HP TurboIMAGE/iX databases for use with HP ALLBASE/4GL applications. The glossary defines the meaning of some HP ALLBASE/4GL terms. Related Publications In addition to this manual, the following manuals are part of the HP ALLBASE/4GL documentation set: * The HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Self-Paced Training Guide * The HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Reference Manual (Volumes 1 and 2) * The HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Quick Reference Guide * The HP ALLBASE/4GL Software Update Notice Conventions The syntax conventions used in this manual are summarized below. Notation Description underlining When necessary for clarity, underlining indicates user input. For example: MPE/iX: hello name.account shading Shaded text represents inverse video text on the terminal screen. The symbol indicates a key on the terminal keyboard. For example, Return indicates the carriage return key.