Introduction to Data Management

Managing Records With ENSCRIBE
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Typically, an ENABLE application
1. Presents the application screen, on which the end user fills in the necessary
information
2. Accepts a request from the user to insert the entered information in the database;
customarily, the user transmits this request by pressing RETURN, ENTER, or a
special function key
3. Accesses the database to insert the information
4. Informs the user that the request has been successfully processed and that the
application is ready to accept another request
Steps 1, 2, and 4 are performed by the application’s requester process. Step 3 is
handled by the server.
ENABLE Application
Components
Your complete ENABLE application runs under control of the PATHWAY transaction
processing system. The application includes:
A requester program that displays the data entry screen, accepts the data entered
from the terminal, and passes the data to the application’s server program; the
requester program is based upon specifications that you supply by entering
commands to ENABLE
The ENABLE general server program, supplied automatically with ENABLE, that
receives requests from your requester and accesses the database to record, modify,
and retrieve information
A PATHWAY configuration file, provided by ENABLE to support application
execution under PATHWAY
Processes supplied by PATHWAY to support your application; these include a
monitor process (called PATHMON) that controls the PATHWAY system, and a
PATHWAY command interface (called PATHCOM) that uses the configuration
file produced by ENABLE
More information about PATHWAY and its processes appears in Section 6.