Last update: 20 November 2004
Natural Guidelines Version 2
1 Preface
- 1.1 NATURAL Version 2.2.7
- 1.2 NATURAL Version 2.2.8
- 1.3 NATURAL Manuals
2 General Guidelines
- 2.1 Naming Conventions
- 2.2 NATURAL 2 Program Structure
- 2.3 Views and Fields
- 2.4 Online / Batch
- 2.5 Mass Update and Mass Delete
- 2.6 NATURAL Batch
- 2.7 NATURAL SECURITY
- 2.8 NATURAL 2 Parameters
- 2.9 Minimal Requirements for Start-up and Error Programs
- 2.10 Release of RETAIN Lists
- 2.11 Submit Jobs via NATURAL PROCESS
3 General Tips and Hints
- 3.1 NATURAL Documentation of SOFTWARE AG
- 3.2 Mapping
- 3.3 Data Convertion
- 3.4 Debugging
- 3.5 ADABAS Commands Generated by NATURAL
- 3.6 NATURAL Editor
- 3.7 Sign Position
- 3.8 NATURAL System Files
- 3.9 NATURAL Back-ups
- 3.10 Copy NATURAL Objects
- 3.11 Translate Strings into Upper Case
- 3.12 General Subprograms at Library System
- 3.13 NATURAL Direct Commands
- 3.14 Connection Data Area and Map Editor
- 3.15 Data Areas
- 3.16 GDA Blocks
- 3.17 CATALL versus RECAT=ON
- 3.18 Working With Arrays (References to SAG Manuals)
- 3.19 How to Use STACK Online and Batch
- 3.20 Sizes of Objects
- 3.21 NATURAL Buffer Pool
- 3.22 Program Calls (FETCH / FETCH RETURN)
- 3.23 Using Descriptors to Access ADABAS Data
- 3.24 Format D (DATE) and T (TIME)
- 3.25 Advanced Function Printing (AFP) from NATURAL
4 Tips and Hints on NATURAL Statements
- 4.1 ACCEPT / REJECT and HOLD QUEUE
- 4.2 AT TOP OF PAGE / AT END OF PAGE
- 4.3 END - FIN - TERMINATE
- 4.4 Descriptor
- 4.5 END OF TRANSACTION - BACKOUT TRANSACTION
- 4.6 ESCAPE
- 4.7 ESCAPE TOP and HOLD QUEUE
- 4.8 EXAMINE
- 4.9 FIND NUMBER
- 4.10 FIND ... THRU
- 4.11 FIND ... RETAIN AS
- 4.12 FOR ... LOOPS
- 4.13 Format
- 4.14 GET ... ISN
- 4.15 HISTOGRAM
- 4.16 IF - THEN - ELSE
- 4.17 KOMPLEXE FIND'S
- 4.18 LINE SIZE (LS)
- 4.19 MOVE ALL
- 4.20 ON ERROR
- 4.21 READ / WRITE WORK FILE / REPORT
- 4.22 READ LOGICAL
- 4.23 READ PHYSICAL
- 4.24 READ ODER FIND
- 4.25 READ DEFAULT SEQUENCE
- 4.26 RUN - FETCH - CALLNAT - CALL - ADHOC
- 4.27 SET GLOBALS ODER FORMAT
- 4.28 SORT - SORTED BY
- 4.29 WHERE
- 4.30 WHERE and HOLD QUEUE
5 NATURAL 2 Under COM-PLETE, CICS, and TSO
- 5.1 TP Monitor Strategy in The Computer Center
- 5.2 NATURAL 2 under COM-PLETE
- 5.3 NATURAL 2 under CICS
- 5.4 NATURAL 2 under TSO
The guide for Natural version 2 is no longer available.
Natural version 4.1.3 is under development.
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