Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

214 Chapter6
The Dictionary DICTPDE Utility
>GENERATE FILE
ELEMENT-TYPE : I X X R
ELEMENT-LENGTH : 4 16 10 4
The file DATEFORM has the following elements associated with it:
FILE : DATEFORM
ELEMENT : DATE
ELEMENT-ALIAS :
ELEMENT-TYPE : X
ELEMENT-LENGTH : 6
The file INVENTFORM has the following elements associated with it:
FILE : INVENTFORM
ELEMENT : STOCKNUM SUPPLIER BINNUM UNIT-COST
ELEMENT-ALIAS : BINNUMALIAS
ELEMENT-TYPE : X X R R
ELEMENT-LENGTH : 8 16 4 4
The code is generated for STOREFF as follows:
>generate file
FILE(S)> storeff
TYPE
CUSTALIAS =
RECORD
ACCOUNTALIAS : INTEGER
LAST_NAME : PACKED ARRAY[1..16] OF CHAR;
FIRST_NAME : PACKED ARRAY[1..10] OF CHAR;
CREDIT : REAL
END;
DATEFORM =
RECORD
DATE : PACKED ARRAY[1..6] OF CHAR;
END;
INVENTFORM =
RECORD
STOCKNUM : PACKED ARRAY[1..8] OF CHAR;
SUPPLIER : PACKED ARRAY[1..16] OF CHAR;
BINNUMALIAS : REAL;
UNIT_COST : REAL
END;