Access
To copy a logical property, click on the Copy button in the Working with Logical Properties of a logical entity dialog box.
Data entry
New name
Name of the logical property created by copy.
This name must be unique in the logical entity.
Length: 15 characters maximum.
Mandatory entry.
Description
Description clearly identifying the logical property.
Length: 50 characters maximum.
Short name
This name must be a valid short name (as defined by IBM), unique among the short names of a same logical entity.
Length: 10 characters maximum.
Associated field
Name of the layout field.
This name must be a valid associated field name (as defined by IBM).
Length: 10 characters maximum.
Default: short name of the logical property, prefixed with the character "Z".
Guide word
Symbolic name of the property used by the Adelia 4GL.
This name must be unique among the guide words of a same logical entity.
Length: 128 characters maximum. A maximum length is defined in the environment attributes, Miscellaneous tab. When exceeded, an error message is displayed.
If the property comes from the conceptual level, the default guide word is the name of the conceptual property (possibly renamed in case of duplicates), prefixed with the first character of the entity name. Otherwise, the logical property name is used, prefixed with the first character of the entity name.
Mandatory entry.
Assoc. guide word
Symbolic name of the layout field used by the Adelia 4GL.
This name must be a valid associated guide word name (as defined by IBM).
Length: 128 characters maximum.
Default: guide word of the logical property, prefixed with the character "Z".
Note: The following naming convention programs for the property names of the following four fields can be found in the USERLIB.DLL dll. Refer to Associating a specific DLL with an environment.
Alternative SQL name
Lets you enter upper/lower case characters, spaces, special characters. Any characters can be entered, even spaces, at the beginning of the input. Spaces at the end of the name are significant.
Length: 128 characters maximum (according to the limit defined in the DBMS).
When specified, the alternative SQL name replaces the guide word for the PDM generation. (The use of the guide word for the PDM generation is specified in the environment attributes, Miscellaneous tab).
Buttons
Copy (validation)
The button validates the modifications made and closes the dialog box.
The logical property created by copy appears in the list of logical properties in the Working with Logical Properties dialog box.
Cancel
The button closes the dialog box without validating the modifications made.
The copy of the property is not made.
Keyboard shortcut: Esc.