Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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The Dictionary DICTPDE Utility

Initiating DICTPDE

DICTPDE can be initiated from within a session or from within a job stream. When

initiated from within a session, DICTPDE can be executed to accept commands from a

command ﬁle or DICTPDE can be run interactively (commands are entered at the

terminal). When initiated from within a job stream, DICTPDE can be executed to accept

commands from a command ﬁle or from the job stream itself.

The following describes how to execute DICTPDE interactively (from within a session). For

information on how to execute DICPTDE to accept commands from a command ﬁle (either

in a session or a job stream) see Changing Input, List and Output Files later in this

section.

DICTPDE assumes that the Dictionary resides in DICT.PUB of the logon account. To

redeﬁne the Dictionary, you can use an MPE ﬁle equation or the ALTER DICT

command-subcommand. (ALTER DICT is discussed in detail later in this section.)

To execute DICTPDE, enter the following MPE command:

RUN DICTPDE.PUB.SYS

After the DICTPDE banner is displayed, the following prompt is issued:

DICTIONARY PASSWORD>

Enter the password for the Dictionary. If the Dictionary password was entered incorrectly

or was an invalid password for that Dictionary, DICTPDE will issue the following error

message:

*DICT ERROR: INVALID PASSWORD. CAN NOT OPEN DICTIONARY!

The DICTIONARY PASSWORD prompt will then be reissued.

If DICTPDE can not open the Dictionary, the following error message will be issued:

*DICT ERROR: CAN NOT OPEN DICTIONARY!

Check to see that the Dictionary is in the correct group and account. If a ﬁle equation was

used to redirect the Dictionary, check that the Dictionary name was entered correctly.

DICTPDE will then issue a prompt that identiﬁes the current Dictionary and asks for a

new Dictionary to be entered. Once the speciﬁed Dictionary and password have been

accepted, DICTPDE will issued an “>” which indicates that the utility is in command

mode. If you are not able to open a Dictionary to be used for code generation, you must

enter a colon (:) or hit CONTROL Y to terminate DICTPDE. Otherwise, DICTPDE will

continue to prompt for a Dictionary name and password until a speciﬁed Dictionary can be

opened.

Once DICTPDE is in command mode, you may enter any of the DICTPDE commands.