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>ALTER DICT
Changes the Dictionary that contains the data definitions to be extracted
for code generation.
Prompts
The following prompts are issued when the command-subcommand ALTER DICT
is entered:
DICTIONARY NAME (current dictionary)>
DICTIONARY PASSWORD>
DICTIONARY NAME (current Enter the new Dictionary name, group and
dictionary)> account to be opened and used for further code
generation. DICTPDE displays the current
Dictionary being used in (current dictionary).
Data and file definitions are extracted from
the new Dictionary specified until a new ALTER
DICT command-subcommand is used.
Pressing [[RETURN]] in response to this prompt
indicates that the Dictionary as displayed in
(current dictionary) does not change. (The
password prompt will not be issued.)
If an invalid Dictionary is entered in response
to this prompt, DICTPDE will issue an error
message and reprompt for the Dictionary name.
DICTPDE will continue to prompt for the
Dictionary name until a valid Dictionary name
is entered or DICTPDE is terminated.
DICTIONARY PASSWORD> Enter the Dictionary password for the new
Dictionary to be used. The password entered
must grant at least REPORT level access to that
Dictionary.
If the new Dictionary specified is the same as
the previous Dictionary, the password prompt
will not be issued.
If an invalid password is entered in response
to this prompt, DICTPDE will issue an error
message and reprompt for the Dictionary
password. DICTPDE will continue to prompt for
the Dictionary password until a valid password
is entered or DICTPDE is terminated.
When a new Dictionary name and valid password
are entered, DICTPDE closes the previous
Dictionary used and opens the new Dictionary to
be used.
Discussion
ALTER DICT allows you to use a Dictionary other than the Dictionary in
DICT.PUB of your logon account without using an MPE file equation to
redefine the Dictionary. Therefore, file and element definitions can be
extracted from different Dictionaries without terminating DICTPDE.
Example
>alter dict
DICTIONARY NAME (DICT.PUB)> Enter the new Dictionary.
dict.pub.howe
DICTIONARY PASSWORD> mgr Enter the password for the
specified Dictionary.