ENABLE User's Guide

RESOLVING PROBLEMS
Resolving Problems That Occur During Application Execution
RESOLVING PROBLEMS ACCESSING A DICTIONARY
ENABLE accesses a dictionary to obtain the record description
for a particular data base file. If you are using ENABLE
interactively and receive an error message stating that the
dictionary either cannot be found or cannot be opened, do the
following:
1. Use the SHOW command to determine the current value of the
DICTIONARY attribute.
2. Make sure that the value of the DICTIONARY attribute is set
to the system, volume, and subvolume where the dictionary
resides.
3. If the current value of the DICTIONARY attribute is correct,
exit from ENABLE and use the FUP INFO command to check the
security attributes of the dictionary. Check the following:
--If you do not own the dictionary, make sure that the
security attributes allow you to access the dictionary. If
you do not have access, ask the owner of the dictionary to
change its security attributes.
--If you are using a dictionary that resides on another
system, make sure that the dictionary is secured for
network access and that you have appropriate network
passwords on both systems.
If the application was generated with an obey file, make sure
that the obey file refers to the proper system, volume and
subvolume for the dictionary associated with each box. This may
mean including a SET DICTIONARY command for each box to be
described.
RESOLVING PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR DURING APPLICATION EXECUTION
If an ENABLE application fails to run, or if a running
application fails to perform properly:
• Check the PATHMON name you have selected. Make sure the name
begins with a dollar sign, has no more than five characters,
and is unique within your system.
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