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HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Administration Manual

Communication Area Synonyms Screen 

This screen allows you to define a synonym for each communication area
field name.  You can access this screen from the System Specs option on
the main menu.

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Field Descriptions 

Standard Communication Area Name.  Enter the standard name for the
communication area field you want to define the synonym for.  Appendix B
contains a list of the standard communication area names.

Site Synonym.  Enter the synonym for the field.  The synonym can have up
to eight uppercase alphabetic characters.  HP ALLBASE/4GL automatically
converts your keyboard entry to uppercase.

Function Keys 

f1       System Defn.    Cancels the current screen and displays the
        system definition screen.

f2       Display Control  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        terminal display control screen.

f3       Master Titles  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        master titles screen.

Additional Information 

Communication area synonyms are not transferred with the application if
you transport an application to another site with the unload/load
facilities.  You must define synonyms at each site.

All applications at each site must use the same synonyms.  An application
using different synonyms may fail.  Similarly, removing a synonym from
your system will cause applications using that synonym to fail.  Existing
generated applications are not affected by changes to communication area
synonyms.

Synonyms for communication area fields are only valid in generated logic.
Developers cannot use synonyms to define system items on reports or
screens.

Subscripted Communication Area Fields.     

You cannot define individual synonyms for the *TOTALS(n), COUNT(n) and
*CROSS(n) communication area fields used by the report generator,
although you can define synonyms for these communication area names.

To define synonyms for these communication area names, enter TOTALS(,
CROSS(, or COUNT( in the Standard Communication Area Name field.  Enter
the synonym as NAME( where NAME is your chosen synonym.  Application
developers can then reference these fields as *NAME(n).

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