DDDescriptions
Stores additional descriptive information about any type of object.
An Object [data] Dictionary description is a programming object. The descriptions in DDDescriptions are available for use by special development tools, either those potentially available from Zim or those created by the application developer.
Establishing a Description
Call up the Development Center with the DC command, select DDDESCRIPTIONS from the OBJECTS drop-down menu, and use the tools of the Development Center to define the desired description.
Fields of the Descriptions Entity Set
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Attributes |
Description |
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DDObjectName |
Name of the object being described |
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DDOwnerName |
Name of the object that “owns” the object being described |
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DirName |
Application directory location of the object being described |
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DDObjectType |
The type of object being described |
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DDObjectDesc |
The description |
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ObjectKey |
A unique identifier assigned by the Development Center |