HP System Dictionary/XL General Reference Manual Vol 2 - Part 1 SDINIT (32256-90005)

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QUIET/VERBOSE Switch
Sometimes, it is helpful to see how the loading process is proceeding. If you specify the VERBOSE switch,
a message will be given for each entity and relationship processed. The QUIET switch, on the other hand,
suppresses the report of successful entity/relationship definition loading. QUIET/VERBOSE switch is
specified in the following fashion:
QUIET; or VERBOSE;
The default is QUIET.
SHOW COMMAND
SHOW displays the values of all the SYSDIC and DICT3000 parameters. Some of them contain the
default values because you did not specify any. If a required parameter without any default value (e.g.
SCOPE parameter for the SYSDIC command) is missing, '***' is displayed. SHOW is a one line command.
MAP COMMAND
The MAP command allows you to specify new values for characters contained in the names stored in
Dictionary/V which are not allowed in System Dictionary names. The MAP command has the following
format:
MAP [character [mapping]] [.]
If MAP is issued with no fields, a display of the current set of mappings is produced, including the default
value for illegal characters. If only the character field is specified, then any existing mapping for that
character is deleted. If a request is made for deletion of a nonexistent mapping, a warning message is
issued.
When both character and mapping are specified, SDCONV adds this new mapping to its set of mappings
for special characters. If a mapping already exists, then the previous one is replaced with the new one.
When SDCONV retrieves a name from Dictionary/V, it searches the mapping table and replaces any
occurrences of special characters with their corresponding map values found in the table.
Each character mapping may have a maximum length of 12 characters. If replacement of characters with
their mapping values causes the name to become longer than 32 characters, the name is truncated to 32
characters and a warning message is issued. There may be a total of 32 mappings specified in the map
table, including the default mappings for the 13 illegal characters mentioned above.
CHARACTER Field
The special character to be mapped. It may be enclosed within double quotation marks (""), if desired.
However, if either a blank or a period is desired, then double quotes are required. If a period is desired as
the special character to be mapped and it is not enclosed within double quotes, the command will be
interpreted as the MAP command without any parameters, causing the program to display the current
state of the map table. If a single double quote (") is desired as the character to be mapped, it must be
entered as two double quotation marks ("") enclosed within a pair of double quotation marks, i.e., (" " " ").
MAPPING Field
The mapping to be associated with the character field. It may be up to 12 characters in length and may not
be surrounded by double quotation marks. This field must also contain only those characters valid in
System Dictionary names. The following characters which are illegal in System Dictionary will
automatically have a default value assigned to them: , ; : . ( ) " = < > ^ ! plus the space character. These