In the Zim language, the children of an object are represented as having a dot (“.” ) between its name and the name of its parent. For instance, a push button whose name is pButton in the form fAddCustomer in the directory dCustomerRecord will be represented as dCustomerRecord.fAddCustomer.pButton The complete reference to the object needs to be unique in a database.…
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A constant is a programming object. Wherever the constant name is used in an application program, the software uses the value assigned to that constant in the Constants entity set. Establishing a Constant Call up the Zim IDE, select CONSTANTS from the DataBases menu, and use the tools of the Zim IDE Development …
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The value of the constant. Valid Values A character string or number (up to 256 alphanumeric characters).
The name assigned to a constant. Valid Values A valid object name. See Also DDObjectName, DDOwnerName, DirName, DisplayName, DocName, EntName, FieldName, FormName, MenuName, OwnerName, RelName, RoleName, SetName, UserName, VarName.
The data type of the constant’s value. Valid Values Char, varchar, alpha, varalpha, numeric, int, longint, vastint, or date Remarks If ConstType is $Null or blank, the data type of the constant is set to numeric when ConstValue is a number and to char in all other cases. For more information about data types, consult…
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For ZOM to know about an object, the object must first be registered. The registration process requires no effort on your part since registration is automatic and occurs when you use a ZOM service. Each ZOM service quickly searches for any unregistered objects and registers them in the knowledge base. When an object is registered,…
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The Zim object definition commands (e.g., CREATE, ERASE, RENAME) operate against a single object at a time. For example, an EntitySet is created using a CREATE command. If you needed to create all of the EntitySets, you need to issue a series of these commands. ZOM, on the other hand, operates on sets of objects.…
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When you “touch” an object, ZOM performs an in-depth analysis of the object and records the resulting information in its knowledge base. Objects are “touched” using a special ZOM service, ZOMTouch. For example, the following command touches the Contracts object : ZOMTouch Contracts ZOMTouch determines the object’s current state and discovers any dependencies between the…
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