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114 Chapter4

DICTDBM Commands

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Prompts

Depending on the subcommand used, one or more of the following prompts is issued:

BLOCKMAX Enter the maximum physical block length (in words) for the ﬁle within the

database ﬁle (128 to 2048). DEFAULT is 512.

BYTE

POSITION Enter a positive integer value for the starting position of the child data

element ﬁeld within the parent data element ﬁeld. First byte position is 1.

DEFAULT is 1.

CAPACITY Enter an integer value for the maximum number of entries for the ﬁle

within the database ﬁle (0 to 999999999). DEFAULT is 0.

CHILD ALIAS When the subcommand ELEMENT is used, enter the name by which the

child element is known within the child to parent element relationship (20

characters maximum). The child alias will be used by the DICTCDE and

DICTPDE utilities.

When the subcommand FILE is used, enter the name by which the child

ﬁle is known within the parent ﬁle (16 characters maximum). DEFAULT:

If [[RETURN]] is pressed in response to this prompt, the alias becomes the

child's ﬁle name, up to the ﬁrst 16 characters.

CHILD

CATEGORY Enter the name of an existing category that is the child in the relationship

(20 characters maximum).

CHILD CLASS Enter a numeric value which is the identifying number of an existing

security class not of type INFO (0 to 9999).

CHILD

ELEMENT Enter the name of an existing data element that is the child in the

relationship (20 characters maximum).

CHILD FILE Enter the name of an existing ﬁle that is the child in the relationship

according to the following restrictions:

If the parent ﬁle is type:

BASE - the child ﬁle must be one of the following types:

MAST (IMAGE manual master data set)

AUTO (IMAGE automatic master data set)

DETL (IMAGE detail data set)

VPLS - the child ﬁle must be the following type:

FORM (VPLUS form)

CHILD GROUP Enter the name of an existing HP Inform group that is the child in the

relationship (20 characters maximum).

CHILD

PROCEDURE Enter the name of an existing procedure that is the child in the

relationship (20 characters maximum).