Pathmaker Reference Manual

REQUESTER Statement
Pathmaker Application Definition Language (PMADL)
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HELP text
Specifies up to 79 characters of application help text to be used for the requester as
a whole. The application user accesses the help text in the target application by
pressing the application’s help key with the cursor positioned next to the
requester’s screen title.
If you do not supply the HELP clause, no application help text is available for the
requester as a whole.
This clause is not significant for TYPE REG requesters.
SKELETON filename
Specifies the name of the requester skeleton program that the Pathmaker product
will use to generate the requester. The file name specifies a disk file.
The default value is REQUESTER_SKELETON, which designates the requester
skeleton file, REQSKL, in the Pathmaker installation subvolume.
This clause is not significant for TYPE REG requesters.
SOURCE filename
Specifies the name of the file that is to receive the requester's source code during
generation. The filename specifies a disk file.
If you do not specify a SOURCE clause, the Pathmaker product uses a temporary
file to hold the source code while generating and compiling the requester.
This clause is not significant for TYPE REG requesters.
COPYLIB filename
Specifies the name of a copy library file for the Pathmaker product to combine
with source code that is generated during requester generation. The filename
specifies a disk file.
If you do not specify a copy library, none is used.
This clause is not significant for TYPE REG requesters.
LISTING filename
Specifies the name of the file to receive the SCREEN COBOL compiler listing
output when the requester is compiled. The filename specifies an output device, a
spooler location, or a disk file.
If you do not specify a LISTING clause, the Pathmaker product uses a temporary
disk file to hold the listing while compiling the requester.
This clause is not significant for TYPE REG requesters.