HP 3000 Manuals HP 3000 Manuals
HP Business Report Writer/XL Enhanced
by Peter Kirk, Commercial Systems Boeblingen
The following list shows how the new Date Item type can be specified in
the Dictionary/3000, System Dictionary, Information Access Dictionary,
and User Defined Dictionary.
New Date Item Type
The new Date Item type must be stored in a Four Byte Integer, expressed
in the form: year, month, day. The year can be expressed fully. The
example in the following list is: September 26, 1988.
Dictionary/3000
Long Name Required Length Base Type Example/Value
!INTDATE 2 words I, J or K 19880926 or
880926
You can specify an Item with the new Date type by using the Long Name
!INTDATE.
System Dictionary
Element-Subtype Required Length Base Type Example/Value
INTDAT 2 words I, J or K 19880926 or
880926
The Subtype belonging to the new Date Item type is defined in the command
input file BRWSDEXT.PUB.SYS for HP BRW/XL or RSDEXT.PUB.SYS for HP BRW/V.
Since the limit of Subtypes is already reached, the Date Item type MYY is
no longer supported for System Dictionary.
Information Access Dictionary
Keyword Required Length Required HDPDIC Example/Value
Type
INTDATE 2 words I or L 19880926 or
880926
You can specify an item with the new Date type in the Supporting File
ACCSDEF by using the keyword INTDATE.
User Defined Dictionary
Keyword Required Length Required Element Example/Value
Type
INTDATE 2 words DATE 19880926 or
880926
You can specify an item with the new Date type in your Dictionary
Specification File by using the keyword INTDATE.