INTOUCH^® 4GL
A Guide to the INTOUCH Language

G
Getting started in INTOUCH
GO command #1
GO command #2
GOSUB levels
GOSUB/RETURN statements
GOSUB statement
GOSUB target limits
GOSUBs nested
GOTO command
GOTO statement
GOTO target limits
H
HALT statement
HANDLER/END HANDLER with WHEN EXCEPTION USE
HASH$ function
HEADING - field definition item
%HEADING menu directive
HELP facility
HELP - field definition item
Help in SETUP
HELP or Help key during input
Help text
HYPHEN directive used with PRINT USING
I
IDE command
IF construct #1
IF construct #2
IF/THEN ... END IF
Image files
IMPLICIT prefix for variables
Implied line continuation
.INC extension #1
.INC extension #2
.INC - INTOUCH included file extension
%INCLUDE CONDITIONAL program directive
INCLUDE in EXTRACT
%INCLUDE program directive
INCLUDE within EXTRACT STRUCTURE
Including extracted records
Indenting with the TAB key
Index variable in FOR loop
Indexed file #1
Indexed file #2
Indexed file #3
INGRES #1
INGRES #2
INGRES #3
INGRES data files
Initial expression in FOR loop
INPUT #chnl_num statement
Input from a terminal
INPUT statement #1
INPUT statement #2
AREA option
AT row, column option
ATTRIBUTES option
DEFAULT option
default prompt and text
ERASE option
LENGTH option
MENU option
options
PROMPT option
SCREEN option
TIMEOUT option
VALID option
Input styles
Input to a file #1
Input to a file #2
Inputting multiple variables
Inputting strings
INT function
.INT - INTOUCH program extension
.INT program extension
INTEGER function
Integer number
Interrupting an INTOUCH program #1
Interrupting an INTOUCH program #2
INTOUCH command - what it does
INTOUCH commands
INTOUCH/COMPILE command
INTOUCH compile errors
INTOUCH copyright and version
INTOUCH data management system
INTOUCH database interfaces
INTOUCH/DEVELOP command
INTOUCH editor #1
INTOUCH editor #2
INTOUCH environment
accessing system utilities
backing up
changing an INTOUCH program
error message
examples of using INTOUCH
exiting
getting help
getting started
interrupting an INTOUCH program #1
interrupting an INTOUCH program #2
interrupting an INTOUCH program #3
INTOUCH editor
message lines
program example
recalling previous commands
resuming INTOUCH program execution
running an INTOUCH program
Tab key features
INTOUCH exception messages
INTOUCH/IMAGE command
INTOUCH - multisessions
INTOUCH program description
INTOUCH program elements
INTOUCH prompt
INTOUCH reserved words #1
INTOUCH reserved words #2
INTOUCH RUN file
INTOUCH screen
INTOUCH screen frame
INTOUCH structure
INTOUCH version
INTOUCH_EDITOR logical
.INT_IMG
.INT_IMG_AXP
IP function
ITEM function
%ITEMS menu directive
ITERATE
ITERATE DO statement
ITERATE FOR statement in FOR loop
K
Key field
KEY INPUT statement #1
KEY INPUT statement #2
KEY option in EXTRACT STRUCTURE #1
KEY option in EXTRACT STRUCTURE #2
Key range extraction
KEYED - field definition item
KILL statement
L
Labels in programs
LBOUND function
LCASE directive used with PRINT USING
LCASE$ function
LEFT[$] function
LEN function
LENGTH - field definition item
LENGTH option in INPUT
LET statement
LET statement in ADD STRUCTURE
Libraries
Creating for INTOUCH #1
Creating for INTOUCH #2
OpenVMS supplied library
User-defined library
Library routine
optional arguments
passing mechanisms
using _INTEGER function with CALL
using _REAL function with CALL
LIBRARY statement #1
LIBRARY statement #2
LIBRARY statement #3
Limit expression in FOR loop
Line continuation
implied continuation
Line in a program
LINE INPUT #chnl_num, EOF
LINE INPUT #chnl_num statement
LINE INPUT statement #1
LINE INPUT statement #2
Line length of file record
Line number range
Line terminators
Enter
Return
LIST and LNH commands
LIST command
LIST ERROR command
LIST STATS in debug system
Listing INTOUCH program lines
LNH and LIST command
Lock a structure record
LOCK option in OPEN STRUCTURE
LOCK/UNLOCK STRUCTURE
%LOCKSTEP menu directive
LOG function
LOG10 function
LOG2 function
Logical INTOUCH_EDITOR
Logical operators
Loop descriptions
LOOP statement in DO/LOOP
Low bound in array
LPAD$ function
LSET FILL statement
LSET statement #1
LSET statement #2
LTRIM$ function