Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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The Dictionary DICTPDE Utility

>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

dictionary)> Enter the new Dictionary name, group and 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.