Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

Chapter 4 73
DICTDBM Commands
Change
Prompts
Depending on the subcommand used, one or more of the following prompts is issued:
BLOCKMAX Enter a new maximum physical block length value (in
words) for the child file within the parent file (128 to
2048). DEFAULT: Pressing [[RETURN]] in response to
this prompt indicates no change.
CAPACITY Enter a new value for the maximum number of entries for
the child file (1 to 999999999). DEFAULT: Pressing
[[RETURN]] in response to this prompt indicates no
change.
CHILD ALIAS When the subcommand ELEMENT is used, enter a new
element alias (16 characters maximum). This is the name
by which this element is known within the child-to-parent
element relationship. The child alias will be used by the
DICTCDE and DICTPDE utilities. This prompt allows
data items within records to have the same name but
different types or definitions.
When the subcommand FILE is used, enter a new file alias
(16 characters maximum) for the child file. DEFAULT:
Pressing [[RETURN]] in response to this prompt indicates
no change.
CHILD CATEGORY Enter the name of an existing category (20 characters
maximum) that is the child category in the entry.
CHILD CLASS Enter a numeric value which is the identifying number (0
to 9999) of an existing security class, which is not an INFO
CLASS.
CHILD ELEMENT Enter the name of an existing data element (20 characters
maximum) that is the child in the entry.
CHILD FILE Enter the name of an existing file (20 characters
maximum) that is the child in the entry.
CHILD GROUP Enter the name of an existing HP Inform group that is the
child in the entry (20 characters maximum).
CHILD PROCEDURE Enter the name of an existing procedure that is the child
in the entry (20 characters maximum).
EDIT ATTRIBUTES (Y/N) Enter an N if no prompts for attributes are to be
generated. (see Subcommand Prompts for which
attributes can be changed).
EDIT COMMAND>> Enter one of the EDIT COMMANDS described in
Section III.
EDIT DESCRIPTION (Y/N) Enter an N if editing is not to be done for the textual
description of the relationship.
PARENT CATEGORY Enter the name of an existing parent category (20