HP 3000 Manuals

HP ALLBASE/4GL Run-Time Administration Manual

Application Definition Screen 

This screen allows you to define the list of eligible users for an
application.  This screen also allows you to define a password for an
application.  You can access this screen from the Applications option on
the main menu.

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Field Descriptions 

Application.  Enter the name of an application that exists on your
system.  You may enter a reserved application name (refer to Additional
Information below).  HP ALLBASE/4GL is case sensitive, so check the name
carefully as you enter it.

Current Password.  This field is not active unless you have already
defined a password for the application.

If you have already defined a password for the application, this field
becomes an active input field.  You must enter the existing password into
this field before you can change the password.  HP ALLBASE/4GL does not
show the password on the screen as you type it in.

New Password.  Optional.  If you are defining a password for the
application or changing the existing password, this field becomes an
active input field.  Enter the new password into this field.  Passwords
must start with an alphabetic character and can have up to eight
characters.  Passwords can contain alphabetic characters, 0 to 9, and _
(underscore).  HP ALLBASE/4GL is case sensitive with respect to
passwords.

HP ALLBASE/4GL does not show the password on the screen as you type it
in.

Repeat New Password.  Reenter the new password in this field.  You must
reenter exactly the same password or HP ALLBASE/4GL displays an error
message and returns the cursor to the New Password field.

Initial Action Name.  This is a display-only field that shows the name of
the first HP ALLBASE/4GL action executed within the application.  The
application developer defines this name.

Type.  This is a display-only field that shows whether the first action
in the application is a menu or a process.  The application developer
defines the type for the initial action.

SQL Owner Group.  This field is a display-only field.  If the application
uses an HP ALLBASE/SQL database, this field shows the name of the SQL
owner group defined for the application.  This name is defined in the
application development environment.

This owner group becomes the owner of all tables and executable modules
for the application.

SQL Database Name.  If the application uses an HP ALLBASE/SQL database,
this field applies.

When you first access this screen, this field contains the name of the
database environment used with the application in the development
environment.  You may need to enter a different database name in this
field if you intend to use the application with an existing database.

Enter a fully qualified name in the form file.group.account, or simply
specify a DBEcon file name.  If you don't specify a fully qualified
DBEcon file name, HP ALLBASE/4GL appends the current value of the
HP4SQLPATH variable to the name you specify.  Your HP ALLBASE/4GL support
service will be able to tell you the filename, group and account for the
database environment name.

You may need to create this database using HP ISQL before you can use the
application.  Refer to Appendix A  for more information about database
environments.

Valid Users/Groups.  Enter the names of the users or user groups who are
allowed to access the application.  You must define these user names or
user groups on the user validation screen before you can enter their
names on this screen.

Enter *ALL in the first of these fields if you want to allow all system
users access to the application.  This is a system defined default user
name that means "all users".  You don't need to define *ALL as a user
name on the user validation screen.

Description.  Documentation fields.  Enter a description of the
application.  HP ALLBASE/4GL automatically records the time and date of
the last modification.

Function Keys 

f1       Version Defn.    Cancels the current screen and displays the
        version definition screen.

f2       Utility Menu  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        administrator utilities menu.

f3       User Menu  Cancels the current screen and displays the user
        validation menu.

f4       System Menu  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        system-wide specifications menu.

Additional Information 

Reserved Application Names.   

There are several reserved application names; administ, developr, HPlogo 
and hpqm.  The HPlogo application stores customized sign-on screen
windows, and the hpqm application provides direct access to HP
ALLBASE/QUERY (if it is installed on the system).  You may alter the
definitions for these applications.

The names developr and administ are also reserved application names, but
you cannot alter the definitions for these applications.

HP ALLBASE/SQL Access.     

All user access to HP ALLBASE/SQL database environments is controlled by
the security provisions defined in HP ALLBASE/SQL.

Application users must have CONNECT authority for the database
environment, and must also have RUN authority for the modules used by the
application.

Refer to the HP ALLBASE/SQL Database Administration Guide for more
information about database security.

HP TurboIMAGE/iX Databases 

If an application accesses any HP TurboIMAGE/iX databases, you must
define each database on the database definition screen, and grant the
application access to each database on the parameters for database access
screen.  Both of these tasks must be done before the application can use
an HP TurboIMAGE/iX database.

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