DICTIONARY statement

Runs the OpenEdge Data Dictionary.

Note: Does not apply to SpeedScript programming.

Syntax

DICTIONARY

Example

This procedure runs the Data Dictionary if the user answers yes to a prompt:

r-dict.p

DEFINE VARIABLE ans AS LOGICAL NO-UNDO.

DISPLAY "Do you want to access the Dictionary?"
WITH ROW 7 COLUMN 20 NO-LABELS.
UPDATE ans.
IF ans THEN DICTIONARY.

Notes

The DICTIONARY statement is equivalent to RUN dict.p: it runs the ABL procedure called dict.p. The AVM uses the regular search rules to find the dictionary procedure. The dictionary procedure is part of the ABL system software.

The AVM Query/Run-time provides a restricted version of the Data Dictionary.

For more information on the Data Dictionary, see its on-line help.