Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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The Dictionary DICTCDE Utility
The DICTCDE Main Prompt
DICTCDE will reopen the copylib file and continue prompting for the next option.
If N is entered or [[RETURN]] is pressed in response to the COBEDIT option prompt,
DICTCDE will also prompt for the next option as follows:
List definitions on the terminal (Y/N)>
Enter N to suppress the generated code from being displayed at the terminal (or printed in
the job listing if DICTCDE is run from within a job stream). Enter Y to echo the source
code as it is generated to the terminal (or printed in the job listing). If [[RETURN]] is
pressed in response to this option prompt, DICTCDE will continue to the next option.
Comment the definitions (N/Y)>
Enter Y to generate comment lines which describe the entities extracted from the
Dictionary. These comment lines are written to WORKING-STORAGE, at the end of any
other code generated for an entity. These comment lines include the following information
about the extracted entity:
entity the name of the entity extracted from the Dictionary.
entity -name the entity long-name (as it was specified in DICTDBM).
entity -resp the name of the person, department, or area responsible
for the integrity of the entity.
date-change the date of the latest change made to the entity in the
Dictionary.
date-create the date the entity was created in the Dictionary.
identity-change the identity of the person, department, or area who made
the last change to the entity in the Dictionary.
identity-create the identity of the person, department, or area who
created the entity in the Dictionary.
For example, the following code is generated as comments for the MPE file ACCOUNT:
000100
000200* file : ACCOUNT
000300* file-name : CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
000400* file-resp : MANAGER
000500* date-change : 83/11/01
000600* date-create : 83/11/15
000700* identity-change : MGR
000800* identity-create : MGR
Enter N in response to this prompt to suppress the comment lines from being generated
and to continue to the next prompt. If [[RETURN]] is pressed in response to this prompt,
DICTCDE will also continue to the next option:
Use Primary name or Alias for COBOL identifier (P/A)>
Enter P to extract the Dictionary primary name to be used as the COBOL identifier for an
entity when code is generated. Enter A to extract the Dictionary alias (whenever an alias
is defined in the Dictionary) to be used as the COBOL identifier for an entity when code is