Volume I

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:  INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME I

ACCENT R Documentation

Accessing and Leaving ACCENT R

Notation Used in this Manual

ACCENT R Coding Notes

Technical Support

Chapter 2:  NAMING CONVENTIONS

Name Syntax for Separate file DBL Objects

Name Syntax for Objects Exclusive to ACCENT R

Name Syntax for Fields

Chapter 3:  BASIC ACCENT R OBJECTS

Data Base Libraries

Schema Definitions

Chapter 4:  DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE

Schema Definition Statements

Storage Form Statements

Field Definition Statements

Secondary Fields

Redefining Fields with the $$ Option

Repeating Group Statements

Multiple Record Type Statements

Numeric Format Modifiers

Chapter 5:  DBL OBJECT DEFINITION FACILITY

CREATE DBL

CREATE DS

CREATE SF

DEFINE DI

DEFINE ID

DEFINE SI

DEFINE SF

DEFINE CM

EXIT CM

DONE

DEFINE GS

Global Memory Section

Global Section Creation

DEFINE CS

Chapter 6:  CONDITIONAL CLAUSES AND EXPRESSIONS

Conditional Clauses

Relational Operators

Arithmetic Operators

String Operator

Logical Operators

Controlling the order of Evaluation in Expressions and IF/UNLESS Clauses

Abbreviating IF/UNLESS Clauses

Date and Time Arithmetic

Chapter 7:  OPTIONAL CLAUSES OF THE INTERACTIVE COMMANDS

ADVANCE Clause

IF:A; UNLESS:A Clause

IF;UNLESS Clause

IF:T; UNLESS:T Clause

MATCH BY Clause

MATCH ON Clause

SELECTIVE TARGET Clause

SET Clause

SHOWING Clause

STOP; END Clause

TO Clause

USE DOMAIN Clause

VIA Clause

WHEN Clause

WITH Clause

Chapter 8:  INTERACTIVE COMMAND LANGUAGE

ACCEPT

ALTER

APPEND

BLANK

BYE

CALC

CALENDAR

CANCEL

CATALOG

CHANGE

CHECK

CLEAR

COMMANDS

COMPILE

COMPOSE

CONVERT

COPY

COUNT

CREATE DBL

CREATE DS

CREATE SF

DCL

DEBUG

DEFINE CM

DEFINE CS

DEFINE DI

DEFINE GS

DEFINE ID

DEFINE SF

DEFINE SI

DELETE

DIRECTORY

DISABLE

DISABLE COMMAND NAME Command

DO REPORT

DONE

ENABLE

ENABLE FROM Command

ENABLE TO Command

ENABLE/DISABLE

ENABLE/DISABLE ADDRESS CHECK Option

ENABLE/DISABLE AUX MESSAGE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE CALENDAR UPDATING Option

ENABLE/DISABLE COMMAND AREA TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE CPU TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE DATATRIM Option

ENABLE/DISABLE DATE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE DBL READ ONLY Option

ENABLE/DISABLE DECIMAL CHECK Option

ENABLE/DISABLE DIBOL Option

ENABLE/DISABLE DUPLICATE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE ECHO Option

ENABLE/DISABLE EDIT Option

ENABLE/DISABLE ERROR ABORT Option

ENABLE/DISABLE ERROR MESSAGES Option

ENABLE/DISABLE EXACT COMPARE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE FIELDTRIM Option

ENABLE/DISABLE FILE TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE FORM DI TRACE

ENABLE/DISABLE INDEX OVERRIDE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE INTERRUPTS Option

ENABLE/DISABLE IO READ TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE IO TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE IO WRITE TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE OUTPUT CHECK Option

ENABLE/DISABLE PM DEBUG Option

ENABLE/DISABLE PROMPTS Option

ENABLE/DISABLE QUEUE TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE RECORD COUNTS Option

ENABLE/DISABLE RECORD LOCKS Option

ENABLE/DISABLE SEQUENCE LOWER Option

ENABLE/DISABLE SF COMMAND INPUT Option

ENABLE/DISABLE SF DATA INPUT Option

ENABLE/DISABLE TERMINAL FORM Option

ENABLE/DISABLE TERMINAL LOWER CASE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE TERMINAL TAB Option

ENABLE/DISABLE TRACE Option

ENABLE/DISABLE VALIDATION Option

ENABLE/DISABLE WARNING MESSAGES Option

ENTER

EQUATE

EVALUATE

EXIT CM

EXTRACT

FIND

FIND_DBL

FLATTEN, FLATTEN_ALL

FORM CF Command

FORM DBL Command

FORM DI Command

HELP

HOLD

IMPACT

JOIN

KEEP

LEVEL

LINK

LIST

LISTER

LOAD

MERGE

MODIFY

NATIVE

OSQL Overview

OSQL Summary

OSQL BUILD

OSQL CREATE DS

OSQL DELETE

OSQL EDIT

OSQL EXPORT

OSQL HELP

OSQL IMPORT

OSQL INSERT

OSQL MENU

OSQL SELECT

OSQL UPDATE

OSQL USE

PMMOD

PRINT

PURGE

QUIT

RAM

REBUILD

RECEIVE

RECORDS

REMOVE

RENAME

REPORT

RESAVE

RESTORE

REVEAL

SDI

SDMOD

SEARCH

SELECT

SET

SHOW JOURNAL

SHOW_OBJECT_SIZE

SLEEP

SORT

SPAWN

STATUS (OR STAT)

STRUCTURE

STYLIZE

SUMMARIZE

SYNC

TERMINAL

TRANSMIT

TURN

TYPE

UNDELETE

UPDATE

USE CM

USE DBL

USE DI

USE DS

USE GS

USE PM

USE SF

VALIDATE

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