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>ALTER KIND
Changes the kind of data declaration generated (either as VAR or TYPE)
for the entities extracted from the Dictionary.
Prompts
The following prompt is issued when the command-subcommand ALTER KIND is
entered:
EXTRACT AS TYPE OR VAR (T/V)>
EXTRACT AS TYPE OR VAR Enter T (or press [[RETURN]]) if the extracted
(T/V)> data definitions are to be generated as TYPE
data declarations. Enter V if the data
definitions extracted are to be generated as
VAR data declarations. Note that DICTPDE
assumes that the definitions are to be
generated as TYPE declarations unless V is
entered in response to this prompt.
When generating VAR declarations for an element
that back-references another element in the
Dictionary, the element used as the
back-reference will be generated as a TYPE
declaration.
Pressing [[RETURN]] in response to this prompt
indicates that the data definitions are to be
generated as TYPE data declarations.
Discussion
ALTER KIND allows you to specify whether the data definitions will be
generated as TYPE or VAR declarations. ALTER KIND also allows you to
alternately generate declarations as TYPE or VAR. Note that a data
definition may NOT be generated as both TYPE and VAR declarations in the
same output file. However, you may choose to generate a data definition
as a VAR declaration for one output file, and to generate the same data
definition as a TYPE declaration for a different output file. (To change
the output file, see the ALTER OUTPUT command-subcommand in this
section.)
Example
>alter kind
EXTRACT AS TYPE OR VAR (T/V)> v The code generated after this
command will be generated as VAR
declarations.