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Ch 5. Dictionary [ HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Reference Manual Vol. 1 ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Reference Manual Vol. 1

Chapter 5  Dictionary 

The HP ALLBASE/4GL dictionary is a central storage area for definitions
of a number of HP ALLBASE/4GL entities and information storage items.
Each definition or storage item is called a dictionary entry, and can be
one of the following types:

   *   A field specification.

   *   A validation item.

   *   A storage item.

   *   A record layout.

   *   A definition for an HP ALLBASE/SQL table, an HP TurboIMAGE/iX data
       set, a serial data file, or an indexed KSAM data file.

   *   An HP ALLBASE/SQL select list definition.

   *   A message.

   *   A help screen.



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