Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Administration

How Progress Dynamics sets up the status mechanism

Status information is organized into categories that are implemented using the Category Maintenance suite of programs. The actual valid status codes are set up in the category table, in part, thus:

Related entity mnemonic — GSMST for gsm_status.
Category type — STS for Status.
Category group — HST for History.
Category subgroup — COD for Code.

In this case, the category subgroup is the actual status. The categories of status are always system-owned and mandatory. The category mandatory flag is used to indicate whether an object at this status can be modified. For more information and a description of a status tracking example, see the "Defining application categories" section.