Pathmaker Reference Manual

Glossary
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program unit, a page might correspond to a subset of that Screen Section. A single
logical screen might have one or many pages.
Paging area. An area within an application screen on which new pages are displayed.
The paging area is initially the midportion of the screen, from the row of equal signs
(=) below the screen title to the row of equal signs above the advisory line. You can
redefine the paging area by using the Screen Painter.
Parent record. One of two records joined together in a database (DB) requester. The
parent record is joined to a child record, which might, in turn, be joined as a parent to
a third record. Joining records establishes a dependency between them; you can access
a child record only after you have accessed the parent record.
Pathmaker product. A menu-driven application generator that significantly increases the
productivity of programmers developing applications for the Tandem NonStop
computer system.
Pathmaker version. A Pathmaker version is the Pathmaker software (program object
files, data files, help text files, and support programs) plus compatible versions of
other Tandem products used with the Pathmaker product, such as DDL, Enform, and
Pathway. Each release of the Pathmaker product will contain a new version of the
Pathmaker product.
Pathway. A Tandem product that helps simplify the development and control of online
transaction processing applications. It includes Screen COBOL for requester
development, terminal control processes (TCPs) that use the Screen COBOL code to
control terminals, PATHMON for central control of all processes, and the PATHCOM
command interpreter.
Point field. An invisible screen element used with a function key and the pseudofield
@CURSOR-POSITION to start some operation in the application. Data cannot be
entered or displayed in a point field.
Point fields are used in the Pathmaker product to invoke online help. There are point
fields placed at all Pathmaker screen titles, at data fields on the screen, and at the
bottom of each screen near the function key prompts. These point fields allow you to
get specific online help for the item near the cursor.
Project. A defined unit of work that results in an application running on a Tandem
computer system. The Pathmaker product provides the environment in which to
complete the project. Once a project exists, you can enter the project, work on it, or
delete it.
Project catalog. A set of files in which Pathmaker maintains information about a
specific ongoing project. It resides on the project's subvolume, and is associated with
only that project.
Project catalog subvolume. See Project subvolume.
Project files. The set of files associated with a particular project. This includes the
project catalog, the help database, the POBJ library, and the Pathway files (T9154CFG,
T9154CTL, and T9154LOG). These files are located on the project subvolume.