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Master Titles HP ALLBASE/4GL allows you to define master titles that can be used by all application developers on the system. A master title is a literal string that application developers can use on application screens or reports via the screen painter, the report painter, and some logic commands. Typically, you would use a master title to define a common heading or title such as a company name or department name for all applications on the system. Each developer can define application titles within their own applications, so there is no need to use master titles for titles that are only used in one application. If the developer defines a local application title with the same name as a master title, then for that particular application, HP ALLBASE/4GL uses the local application title in preference to the master title. HP ALLBASE/4GL automatically reflects any changes you make to a master title through all applications that use the title. Defining a Master Title To define a master title, select the Master Titles option from the system-wide specifications menu. This selection takes you to the master title definition screen. You must give the title a name. This name must start with an alphabetic character, and can have up to 16 characters. The name can use alphabetic characters, 0 to 9, and _ (underscore). Like all other names, HP ALLBASE/4GL is case sensitive with respect to master title names. Enter the text for the title in the Contents field. You can use any printable characters. Don't use quotes ( " ) unless you want the quotes to be part of the title.