HP System Dictionary/XL SDMAIN Reference Manual (32256-90001)

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Note that if no link to a common version is established, no entity or relationship can be linked to a common
entity/relationship unless the version is modified to establish a common link.
Open Mode: Shared-update or exclusive-update
Scope: DA scope or any scope with version capability. The scope with which the dictionary is
open is the owner of the version.
Example
The following example creates a new version A_00_09 and links it to the version A_00_01 in the common
domain.
>CREATE VERSION A_00_09;
>>COMMON = A_00_01.
>
DEFINE
Opens the dictionary and defines the dictionary environment.
Syntax
DEF[INE] [;DICT[IONARY] = dictionary-filename ]
[;S[COPE] = scope-name ]
[;P[ASSWORD] = [scope-password ]]
[;O[PEN-]M[ODE] = open-mode ]
[;N[AME-]M[ODE] = name-mode ]
[;D[OMAIN] = [domain-name ]]
[;V[ERSION] = version-name ]
[;STAT[US] = version-status ]
.
Parameters
dictionary-filename File name of the dictionary to open. If you do not specify a value when opening the
dictionary, the default for this parameter is SYSDIC. You can access a remote dictio-
nary using the DEFINE command and the DICTIONARY parameter. This method is
described in the discussion part of this command.
scope-name Name of the scope that definitions are assigned to. Required for the initial opening of
the dictionary.
scope-password Gives access to the scope. Any characters are allowed in a password. If a character is
desired in the password that is not valid in other System Dictionary names, you must
enter the password inside a pair of quotes to allow recognition of the restricted char-
acters. (See "ScopePassword" inChapter 3.) Ifyou specifythekeywordwithnovalue,
a blank password is used.
Remember that the case of the password you enter also counts when the password is