Compaq ACMS for OpenVMS
Writing Applications

E
EDIT
command
ADU #1
ADU #2
ENABLE
external request to DECforms
Enqueuer username
Entities
and pieces tracking in CDD
CDD object
ENTRIES
clause
ADU
Equivalence names
in LOGICAL NAMES subclauses
Error handling
See Handling errors
Errors
ACMS$PROCESSING_STATUS
handling
in URPs
queues #1
queues #2
queues #3
with task workspaces
messages
displaying
online documentation for
returned to ACMS$T_STATUS_MESSAGE
nonrecoverable
queues
recoverable
signaling in ACMS$RI_LIB_INIT
using ADU interactively
Escape units
caching
DECforms
calling
description of
example of
managing
using
writing
FORMS$IMAGE with
linking
making available to CP agent
shareable image of
Exception handling
actions
at run time
reasons to use
recovering
from a DECforms time-out exception
from a task-call-task exception
from a transaction exception
See also Errors, handling
suggested uses
using exception handler actions
using RAISE EXCEPTION
Exceptions
affect on server cancel procedures
nonrecoverable
step
transaction
Exchange steps
in RMS data entry task
in RMS update tasks
.EXE file
replacing
EXIT
command
ADU
EXIT TASK
clause
ADU
External requests
DECforms
F
Failover
controlling
File specifications
Files
ADUINI.COM command #1
ADUINI.COM command #2
opening and closing
platform-specific
pointers
in RMS inquiry tasks
in RMS update tasks
saving in workspaces
See also File specifications
source definition
task group source
FIXED USERNAME
subclause
ADU
FMS
accessing with the Request Interface
menu interface
menu URP example
modifying menu interfaces
Form files
menu
functions
Forms
changes
migrating to OpenVMS Alpha
image files
replacing
modifying
definitions #1
definitions #2
objects
linking
used by menu request #1
used by menu request #2
FORMS EXTRACT OBJECT
clause
FORMS$IMAGE
logical
using
Function keys
G
.GDF files
See Task groups, source files
Global
areas
shareable between URPs
symbols
in task definitions
GOOD severity code
GOTO PREVIOUS EXCHANGE
clause
ADU
GOTO STEP
clause
ADU
Group workspaces
See Workspaces, group
H
Handling errors
ACMS$PROCESSING_STATUS
data entry block steps
displaying one record
in URPs
RMS
data entry tasks
inquiry tasks
update tasks
user-defined workspaces
using workspaces
HEADER
clause
ADU
using the
HELP
command
ADU #1
ADU #2
/NOPROMPT qualifier
Hyphen (-)
See Continuation character
I
I/O
attributes for distributed processing
Identifiers
in definitions
length
IMAGE
subclause
ADU
defining processing #1
defining processing #2
Images
translating
Initialization
group workspaces
menu
URP
ACMS$RI_LIB_INIT
Initialization procedures
effect on servers with dynamic user names
Inquiry tasks
RMS
defining block steps #1
defining block steps #2
displaying
forms
information #1
information #2
many records #1
many records #2
many records #3
many records #4
one record
final exchange steps #1
final exchange steps #2
first exchange steps
handling errors
processing step
program request keys
reading one record
requests to display many records
requests to read one record #1
requests to read one record #2
sample definition to read one record
step procedures
testing workspaces
workspaces to display many records
workspaces to read one record
Interactive work flow
example of
Internal
responses (DECforms)
See also Responses