Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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DICTDBM Commands

Display

Displays information about an entity established with the CREATE, ADD, and/or

RELATE commands.

Syntax

[option] DISPLAY subcommand D

Use the DISPLAY command to display the attributes of an entity and, if applicable, the

direct relationships and the direct associations of that entity.

A direct relationship is the relationship between the displayed entity and its parent entity.

A direct association is the association between the displayed entity and the entity that

owns it (the entity with which the displayed entity is associated).

The subcommand identiﬁes the entity to be displayed. If ELEMENT, FILE, or

PROCEDURE is used as the subcommand, then the attribute, relationship, and

association information for that entity is displayed. If CATEGORY, CLASS, or GROUP is

used as the subcommand, the attribute and relationship information for that entity is

displayed. If LOCATION is used as the subcommand, only the attribute information for

that entity is displayed. A complete list of entities that can be displayed is given below

under Subcommands. Selection Criteria can also be used to select the entity or entities to

be displayed. Refer to Using Selection Criteria in Section III for more information.

To display the attribute information and, if applicable, the direct relationships and direct

associations for all the entities for a subcommand, enter an exclamation mark (!) or press

[[RETURN]] in response to the prompt. (Only 1 prompt is issued for each subcommand

used.) Note that the exclamation mark and [[RETURN]] are used differently for the

DISPLAY command than for most commands. The PRINT option can be used with the

command string to print more descriptive information on the line printer in addition to the

information normally displayed on the terminal. This information includes the

information that was entered when the relationship or association was made.

Subcommands

Any of the following subcommands can be used with the DISPLAY command:

CATEGORY displays attribute information for a category plus all the

directly related categories

CLASS displays attribute information for a user security class

plus the directly related classes

ELEMENT displays attribute information for an element plus the

directly associated and/or related entities

FILE displays attribute information for a ﬁle plus the directly

associated and/or directly related entities

GROUP displays attribute information for an HP Inform group

plus the directly related entities and any associated

classes