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contains information on data description<br />
specifications (DDS) keywords, system-supplied<br />
formats, return codes, file transfer support, and<br />
programming examples.<br />
Program enablers<br />
v DDS Reference provides the application<br />
programmer with detailed descriptions of the<br />
entries and keywords needed to describe<br />
database files (both logical and physical) and<br />
certain device files (for displays, printers, and<br />
ICF) external to the user’s programs.<br />
v Database Programming provides the<br />
application programmer or system programmer<br />
with a detailed discussion of the AS/400<br />
database organization, including information<br />
on how to create, describe, and manipulate<br />
database files on the system.<br />
v Application Display Programming, SC41-5715-00,<br />
provides information about creating and<br />
maintaining screens for applications, creating<br />
online help information, and working with<br />
display files on the AS/400 system.<br />
v Printer Device Programming, SC41-5713-03,<br />
provides information on how to understand<br />
and control printing: printing elements and<br />
concepts, printer file support, print spooling<br />
support, printer connectivity, advanced function<br />
printing, and printing with personal computers.<br />
v Tape and Diskette Device Programming,<br />
SC41-5716-01, provides information about<br />
creating and maintaining tape device files and<br />
diskette device files.<br />
v System/36 Environment Programming,<br />
SC41-4730-00, provides information identifying<br />
the functional and operational differences<br />
between the applications process on the<br />
System/36 and in the System/36 environment<br />
on the AS/400 system.<br />
v CL Programming, SC41-5721-03, provides a<br />
wide-ranging discussion of programming<br />
topics, including a general discussion of objects<br />
and libraries, control language (CL)<br />
programming, controlling flow and<br />
communicating between programs, working<br />
with objects in CL programs, and creating CL<br />
programs. Other topics include predefined and<br />
immediate messages and message handling,<br />
defining and creating user-defined commands<br />
and menus, and application testing, including<br />
debug mode, breakpoints, traces, and display<br />
functions.<br />
v CL Reference provides a description of the<br />
control language (CL) and its commands. Each<br />
238 <strong>File</strong> <strong>Management</strong> V4R5<br />
command is defined including its syntax<br />
diagram, parameters, default values, and<br />
keywords.<br />
System <strong>Management</strong><br />
v Distributed Data <strong>Management</strong> provides the<br />
application programmer or system programmer<br />
with information about remote file processing.<br />
It describes how to define a remote file to<br />
OS/400 distributed data management (DDM),<br />
how to create a DDM file, which file utilities<br />
are supported through DDM, and the<br />
requirements of OS/400 DDM as related to<br />
other systems.<br />
System Use<br />
v System Operations: Font <strong>Management</strong> Aid User’s<br />
Guide, SC18-2216, provides information about<br />
how to maintain or use double-byte character<br />
set (DBCS) user-defined characters. It also<br />
shows how to maintain and distribute<br />
user-defined characters and associated data<br />
entry dictionaries between the AS/400 system<br />
and its DBCS display stations.<br />
v System Operation, SC41-4203-00, is intended for<br />
system operators or administrators and<br />
includes information on operating the console,<br />
starting and stopping the system, responding to<br />
messages, and controlling jobs and printer<br />
output. It also provides information on devices,<br />
communications, tapes and diskettes, using<br />
online education and electronic customer<br />
support, managing system operations, working<br />
with program temporary fixes and handling<br />
problems.<br />
v Basic System Operation, Administration, and<br />
Problem Handling, SC41-5206-04, is intended for<br />
system operators or administrators and<br />
includes information about the system unit<br />
control panel, starting and stopping the system,<br />
using tapes and diskettes, working with<br />
program temporary fixes, as well as handling<br />
problems.<br />
v Using OfficeVision/400 Word Processing,<br />
SH21-0701-00, provides the office user with<br />
information on how to use the word processing<br />
functions of SAA OfficeVision, and it can be<br />
used with the OfficeVision online information.<br />
v IDDU Use, SC41-5704-00, provides the<br />
administrative secretary, business professional,<br />
or programmer with detailed information on<br />
how to use OS/400 interactive data definition<br />
utility (IDDU) to describe data dictionaries,<br />
files, and records to the system.
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