ENABLE Reference Manual

APPENDIX E
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENERAL SERVER
The General Server is a server that can be called from any
requester requiring access to a data base file. You can use the
General Server:
• In a PATHWAY system with a requester program generated by
ENABLE
• In a PATHWAY system with a requester program that you have
written
• Outside of a PATHWAY system with a requester program that you
have written
Using the General Server with a Requestor Generated by ENABLE
When you use the General Server with a requester generated by
ENABLE, you normally use a PATHCOM command file also generated
by ENABLE to establish your PATHWAY system. The PATHCOM
command file contains all of the commands necessary to start
the General Server and provide it with the information it
needs to open and access data base files.
Optionally, you can edit the PATHCOM command file generated by
ENABLE and insert the following commands:
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