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Information Management Series HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Self-Paced Training Guide For MPE/iX Systems HP Part No. 30601-64203 Edition E0592
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 by HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY Printed 19920501 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. The listing below shows all edition dates for the manual. First Edition October 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 is a self-paced training guide for application developers who are learning how to use HP ALLBASE/4GL. It uses a number of tutorial style lessons to provide an introduction to the features and facilities available in HP ALLBASE/4GL. While following these lessons, you will build a small working application with HP ALLBASE/4GL. The lessons in this manual are designed to allow you to complete this training course at your own pace, without additional classroom instruction or assistance from an instructor. We don't suggest any specific time or duration for this course. Instead, we suggest that you proceed at a pace that makes you feel comfortable. However, since later lessons do depend on the results of the earlier lessons, we recommend that you proceed through these lessons in the sequence presented in this manual. This manual contains a total of 11 chapters. Chapters 1 through 6 provide an overview of the HP ALLBASE/4GL application, then demonstrate how to develop a simple applicaton. Chapters 7 through 11 include lessons that let you build upon the basic application to create a more complex application that accesses multiple files. This manual also contains a developer menu chart, an appendix, a glossary, and an index. The chart shows the structure of the HP ALLBASE/4GL developer menus and screens. The appendix outlines the procedure for defining a new application in the HP ALLBASE/4GL administrator. If you are also the Administrator for your HP ALLBASE/4GL system, you will need to follow the procedures outlined in Appendix A before you can start working on the training lessons in this manual. The glossary explains the meanings of some HP ALLBASE/4GL terminology. The index lists the application components and procedures you will find discussed in this manual.