Pathmaker Reference Manual

REQUESTER Statement
Pathmaker Application Definition Language (PMADL)
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PAGING-AREA
Specifies the range of rows and/or columns to specify a paging area for the
requester’s screen.
Every screen element defined in the requester must include a page number if its
row and column fall in the range of the paging area.
ROWS number TO number
Specifies the numbers of the starting and ending rows. The numbers can be
between 1 and 24, with the ending row greater than the starting row. One
row outside of the paging area must be reserved for the @ADVISORY
pseudofield.
COLUMNS number TO number
Specifies the numbers of the starting and ending columns. The numbers can
be between 1 and 80, with the ending column greater than the starting column.
This clause is not allowed for TYPE REG requesters.
INITIAL-VALUES
Specifies initial values for the requester:
YES Specifies that the requester is to use the default values defined in its
reference fields’ DDL and SQL descriptions.
NO Specifies that the requester is to use zero for numeric fields and blanks
for alphanumeric fields. This is the default value.
This clause is not significant for TYPE REG requesters.
CHECK-DATA
Specifies whether the requester is to include special code to check for nonnumeric
data in numeric fields:
YES Specifies that the requester is to suppress numeric fields that contain
nonnumeric characters.
NO Specifies that the requester is not to check for such errors. This is the
default value.
This clause is not significant for TYPE REG requesters.
INITIAL-REQUESTER
Specifies how the requester is to be called:
YES Specifies that the requester is the first requester in the target application.
NO Specifies that the requester is to be called from another, Pathmaker-
generated requester. This is the default value.