INTOUCH^® 4GL
A Guide to the INTOUCH Language

Chapter 15
15	File Handling
15.1	OPEN #chnl_num: NAME ...
15.1.1	OPEN Options
15.1.1.1	ACCESS Option
15.1.1.2	UNFORMATTED Option
15.1.1.3	OPTIMIZE OFF Option
15.1.1.4	UNIQUE Option
15.2	CLOSE #chnl_num
15.3	PRINT #chnl_num
15.4	INPUT #chnl_num: var, var...
15.4.1	Inputting Multiple Variables
15.5	LINE INPUT #chnl_num: str_var, str_var...
15.5.1	EOF Option
15.5.2	Multiple Variables
15.6	ASK #chnl_num:
15.6.1	ASK Options
15.7	SET #chnl_num: expr
15.7.1	SET #chnl_num: Options
15.8	Deleting Files
15.8.1	KILL
Chapter 16
16	Creating Structures, Field Definitions with SETUP
16.1	SETUP--Overview
16.1.1	Entering SETUP
16.2	SETUP Prompts
16.2.1	Structure Name
16.2.2	Database engine
16.2.3	Dataset
16.2.4	Data dictionary
16.3	SETUP Procedures
16.4	DEFINE Procedure
16.4.1	Field name
16.4.2	Classification
16.4.3	Description
16.4.4	Data type
16.4.5	First position
16.4.6	Field length
16.4.7	Number of occurrences
16.4.8	Semantics
16.4.9	Prompt text
16.4.10	Report heading
16.4.11	Print mask
16.4.12	Screen mask
16.4.13	Help text
16.4.14	Access rules
16.4.15	Validation rules
16.4.16	Field Definitions and Key Fields --- General Information
16.5	SHOW Procedure
16.5.1	Brief Field Display
16.5.2	Full Field Display
16.5.3	List Fields Display
16.5.4	Structure Display
16.6	MODIFY STRUCTURE Procedure
16.6.1	Modify Structure General Information
16.6.2	Modify Structure Security Information
16.7	CREATE Procedure
16.8	Defining COBOL Record Fields
16.8.1	Define Example
Chapter 17
17	INTOUCH Running Under OpenVMS
17.1	File Specifications
Chapter 18
18	Multisessions in INTOUCH
18.1	PASS Option and Statements
18.1.1	PASS Option - Format
18.1.2	Sessions Under Program Control --- ASK SYSTEM
18.1.3	Sessions Under Program Control --- SET SYSTEM
18.2	Sample Program
Appendix A
Appendix A	Built-in Functions
A.1	System Functions
A.2	Other Functions
Appendix B
Appendix B	Reserved Words
Appendix C
Appendix C	INTOUCH's Error and Exception Messages
C.1	Compile Errors
C.2	Exceptions
Appendix D
Appendix D	ASCII Character Set
Appendix E
Appendix E	Creating Libraries for Use with INTOUCH
Appendix F
Appendix F	INTOUCH Database Interfaces
F.1	Supported Database Engines
Index
Index
Examples
1-1	The INTOUCH Screen Frame
1-2	Running an OpenVMS System Utility Program
1-3	The INTOUCH HELP Facility
1-4	Writing a Sample Program
1-5	INTOUCH Program Error Message
1-6	Running an INTOUCH Program
1-7	Interrupting an INTOUCH Program
1-8	Listing Program Lines
1-9	Resuming INTOUCH Program Execution
3-1	Executing an INTOUCH program
3-2	Structures
4-1	Debug TRACE ON Example
4-2	Listing Statistics in DEBUG System
4-3	Using BREAK in DEBUG System
4-4	Using STEP in DEBUG System
4-5	Using GO in DEBUG System
16-1	To Use SETUP
16-2	SETUP Prompts
16-3	SETUP Procedures
16-4	Field Definition Input Screen
16-5	DEFINE Screen showing field class generated defaults
16-6	DEFINE Screen showing SETUP generated defaults
16-7	SHOW - Brief Field Display Example
16-8	SHOW - Full Field Display Example
16-9	SHOW - Fields List Display Example
16-10	SHOW - Structure Display Example
16-11	CREATE Procedure RMS Input Screen