Organization
Provides an introduction to ABL including an overview of its characteristics.
Describes the basics of writing ABL procedures.
Describes how you can work with and run different types of ABL procedures.
Describes how to integrate data-access logic into procedures using procedure blocks and record scope.
Expands the discussion on integrating data-access logic into procedures with record buffers and record scope.
Describes how to implement field-level help and a complete online help system.
Describes how to define and use temp-tables to pass result sets between application modules which is essential when creating distributed applications.
Describes how to create user-defined functions.
Describes data handling and record locks from the perspective of a distributed application.
Describes how to manage database transactions.
