ENABLE Reference Manual

INTRODUCTION
Generated Applications
• Define the method used to maintain the integrity of the file
To generate a single-file application, you use the ENABLE
commands described in Section 3.
Figure 1-2 shows the screen displayed by a sample application
that you could use to retrieve or update records in two data base
files. Because applications similar to this sample application
can access two or more files, these types of applications are
sometimes called multifile applications.
PARTS-INFO
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* PARTNUM _____
* PRIMKEY
LOCATION-NUM ______
QUANTITY-ON-HAND ______
REORDER-LEVEL ______
+ PARTNAME ______________________
PRICE _________
Ready for input F3 for Help, shift F16 to exit
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Figure 1-2. Sample Multifile Application Display Screen
When you generate a multifile application, ENABLE allows you
to:
• Define the operations (delete, insert, read, or update) that
the application can perform on each file
• Control the format in which information from each file is
displayed on the screen
• Determine the method used to ensure the integrity of each
file
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