Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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The Dictionary DICTPDE Utility
ALTER
ALTER
Changes an option used when generating data declarations from the Dictionary.
Syntax
ALTER subcommand A
Use the ALTER command to change the default options for generating data declarations
for the entities extracted from the Dictionary. The subcommand identifies the option to be
changed. Each ALTER command-subcommand generates a prompt that allows you to
specify how an option is to be changed, except for the ALTER ALL command-subcommand.
ALTER ALL generates all the prompts which are issued for the other subcommands.
A complete list of subcommands is given below.
Subcommands
The following subcommands can be used with the ALTER command:
ALL changes all the options for code generation.
A
DICT changes the dictionary to be used for code generation.
D
KIND changes the kind of declaration statement generated (TYPE or VAR).
K
NAME changes the generated code to include string constants for the
N extracted entities.
OUTPUT changes the output file.
O
SHIFT changes the type case of the generated code in the output file.
S
TEXT changes the generated code to include comments.
T
VPLUS changes the generated declarations for a VPLUS form to include
V PASCAL arrays for data fields in that form.
The following gives a discussion of each of the subcommands used with the ALTER
command and the prompts that they generate.