ENABLE User's Guide

INTRODUCTION TO ENABLE
What Can an ENABLE Application Do?
ENABLE generates online applications that you use interactively
through a terminal. To simplify the process of entering and
changing information, they display a form on the screen similar
to the one shown in Figure 1-1. The application that displays
this form can retrieve and enter information for one data base
file.
EMPLOYEE-PROG
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* EMPNUM ______
* EMPNAME _______________________
* DEPT
REGNUM ______
BRANCHNUM ______
JOB __________________
AGE ___
SALARY _________
VACATION ___
Ready for input F3 for Help, shift F16 to exit
Label
Field
S5044-001
.00
Figure 1-1. Sample Screen Displayed by a Single-File Application
Notice that the application provides labels for each piece of
information that appears on the screen. The application also
provides fields that display information and that you can use to
enter information. Because applications similiar to this
application access information from only one data base file,
these applications are sometimes called single-file applications.
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