ENABLE Reference Manual

SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
ENABLE builds an interactive update application that executes
under the PATHWAY transaction processing system. Like other
applications defined and developed for the PATHWAY environment,
an ENABLE application implements transactions that originate at
a terminal and access a data base.
ENABLE generates a simple interactive application under PATHWAY
by performing the following tasks:
• Producing SCREEN COBOL source code that defines and controls
terminal display screens
• Passing the source code to the SCREEN COBOL compiler for
compilation
• Providing a server program to support file I/O for the
application
• Providing a command file that you use to create a PATHWAY
configuration for execution of the application
An application generated by ENABLE provides you with immediate
access to one or more files under PATHWAY without requiring any
custom programming. You can use the application for temporary or
simple requirements, as a base for application development, or as
a module in a more extensive PATHWAY application.
This manual describes the syntax of the ENABLE commands. You can
use these commands to generate applications that can access a
single data base file or applications that can access several
data base files.
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