Be an OpenVMS Application Developer
Table of Contents
Introduction
I.1 Purpose of This Book I-1
I.2 What You Need to Know to Read This Book I-1
I.3 Who Should Read This Book I-1
I.4 How to Read This Book I-2
I.5 Our Sample Application I-2
I.6 Why OpenVMS? I-4
I.7 The Definition of Application I-5
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of OpenVMS
1.1 Hardware 1-1
1.2 Logging In 1-3
1.3 Symbols 1-5
1.4 Editor Choices 1-9
1.5 EDT Exercises 1-14
1.6 TPU and EVE Configuration 1-18
1.7 LSE 1-20
1.8 Logicals 1-21
1.9 ACLs and the UAF 1-28
1.10 Logical Name Tables 1-38
1.11 Foreign Commands 1-40
1.12 Exercises 1-41
Chapter 2 DCL and Utilities We Need
2.1 DCL for Application Development 2-1
2.2 FDL and Our Indexed Files 2-1
2.3 Indexed File Lore 2-5
2.4 Lexical Functions 2-12
2.5 The Import Program 2-14
2.6 Exercises 2-20
Chapter 3 DEC BASIC
3.1 Goals 3-1
3.2 Language Data Types 3-1
3.3 Magic Numbers 3-3
3.4 Group vs. Record 3-6
3.5 Creating Our Statistics Files 3-7
3.6 Data File Reporting 3-21
3.7 Other BASIC Language Features 3-28
3.8 BASIC Features to Never Use 3-33
3.9 The Zero Element 3-34
3.10 Where Do We Go From Here? 3-35
3.11 Exercises 3-35
Chapter 4 FMS
4.1 What is FMS? 4-1
4.2 Creating a Data Entry Screen in FMS 4-2
4.3 FMS Object vs. Library 4-5
4.4 Stand Alone Data Entry 4-6
4.5 An FMS Browse Program 4-20
4.6 An FMS Menu 4-27
4.7 FMS Functions to Never Use 4-38
4.8 FMS Summary 4-38
4.9 FMS Function and Subroutine Summary 4-39
4.10 Exercises 4-53
Chapter 5 CMS Theory and Practice
5.1 Code Management System 5-1
5.2 Logical Environment for CMS Based Development 5-1
5.3 Creating Our CMS Library 5-9
5.4 Putting Our Application in the Library 5-10
5.5 Deleting an Element From the Library 5-11
5.6 Classes and Deletions 5-12
5.7 Modifying Elements Once They Are in CMS 5-12
5.8 Productionizing the Application 5-13
5.9 Legacy Build Procedure 5-16
5.10 Additional CMS Commands 5-18
5.11 Promotion Between Libraries 5-20
5.12 Exercises 5-29
Chapter 6 CDD
6.1 What is CDD? 6-1
6.2 Some Definitions You Need to Know 6-2
6.3 The Different Camps of CDD Configuration 6-3
6.4 Creating a Repository 6-5
6.5 Defining Our Logicals and Directories 6-6
6.6 Creating Our Fields and Records 6-8
6.7 Converting Our Include File 6-12
6.8 Using Variants and Dates 6-14
6.9 Nuking the CDD 6-20
6.10 Full Build Modification 6-22
6.11 CDD Usage Summary 6-24
6.12 Mass Changes Due to CDD 6-24
6.13 Exercises 6-29
Chapter 7 Object and Text Libraries
7.1 What We Know About Libraries So Far 7-1
7.2 Application Logicals We Need 7-2
7.3 Creating Our Text Library 7-2
7.4 Converting Our Application to a Single EXE 7-3
7.5 Programming Assignment 7-23
7.6 Exercises 7-24
Chapter 8 MMS
8.1 The Purpose of MMS 8-1
8.2 The Correct Way to Use MMS 8-1
8.3 Putting It All Together 8-8
8.4 Exercises 8-12
Chapter 9 Message Utility, Mail and Phone
9.1 Message File Definition 9-1
9.2 VMSMAIL Overview 9-2
9.3 Sending Mail From Inside Server Applications 9-5
9.4 Programming Assignment 9-10
9.5 VMSPhone Overview 9-10
9.6 Creating Your Own Messages 9-12
9.7 Testing Your Messages 9-14
9.8 Programming Assignment 2 9-21
9.9 Exercises 9-21
Chapter 10 FORTRAN
10.1 Yes, It’s Still Out There 10-1
10.2 Basics of Fortran 10-2
10.3 Our Sample Application 10-7
10.4 Programming Assignment 1 10-53
10.5 Using Message Files 10-53
10.6 Our Quadword Example 10-54
10.7 Sending Mail 10-56
10.8 Programming Assignment 2 10-60
10.9 Exercises 10-60
Chapter 11 COBOL
11.1 Overview 11-1
11.2 Interview Questions That Are Red Flags 11-2
11.3 The Myth of the COBOL SORT Verb 11-4
11.4 The DCL SORT Command 11-4
11.5 Our Sample Application 11-6
11.6 Programming Assignment 11-58
11.7 The Rest of the Language 11-59
11.8 Our Quadword Example 11-61
11.9 Sending Mail 11-62
11.10 Programming Assignment 2 11-67
11.11 Exercises 11-68
Chapter 12 C/C++
12.1 Overview 12-1
12.2 Some Differences on OpenVMS 12-6
12.3 Our Sample Application in C 12-9
12.4 C++ Philosophy and Terminology 12-69
12.5 Our Sample Application in C++ 12-71
12.6 C/C++ Follow Up 12-139
12.7 Debugging Notes for C/C++ 12-146
12.8 Sending Mail 12-147
12.9 D_FLOAT Example 12-152
12.10 Programming Assignments 12-156
12.11 Exercises 12-156
Chapter 13 MySQL
13.1 Why MySQL? 13-1
13.2 Getting and Installing MySQL 13-4
13.3 Our Application Database 13-9
13.4 Creating the Tables 13-10
13.5 Compiling and Linking With MySQL 13-13
13.6 Our Sample Application 13-17
13.7 MySQL Follow-up 13-65
13.8 Programming Assignments 13-67
13.9 Exercises 13-69
Chapter 14 RDB
14.1 Why RDB? 14-1
14.2 What’s in the Book and What’s on Disk 14-4
14.3 Table and Database Definitions 14-5
14.4 The Drawbacks 14-14
14.5 Our SQLMOD Implementation 14-15
14.6 Programming Assignment 1 14-29
14.7 SQLMOD Follow Up 14-37
14.8 EXEC SQL Implementation 14-38
14.9 RDB Follow Up 14-54
14.10 Programming Assignment 2 14-55
14.11 Exercises 14-55
Chapter 15 Ruminations and Observations
15.1 Overview 15-1
15.2 What Do You Do? 15-1
15.3 Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow 15-5
15.4 Have You Ever Wondered Why Y2K Happened? 15-6
15.5 Optimal Technology 15-9
15.6 The Self-Defeating Business Model 15-11
15.7 Offshore Computing – The Death Knell of IT in the U.S. 15-14
15.8 Avoiding a Hell-Hole 15-17
I.1 Purpose of This Book I-1
I.2 What You Need to Know to Read This Book I-1
I.3 Who Should Read This Book I-1
I.4 How to Read This Book I-2
I.5 Our Sample Application I-2
I.6 Why OpenVMS? I-4
I.7 The Definition of Application I-5
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of OpenVMS
1.1 Hardware 1-1
1.2 Logging In 1-3
1.3 Symbols 1-5
1.4 Editor Choices 1-9
1.5 EDT Exercises 1-14
1.6 TPU and EVE Configuration 1-18
1.7 LSE 1-20
1.8 Logicals 1-21
1.9 ACLs and the UAF 1-28
1.10 Logical Name Tables 1-38
1.11 Foreign Commands 1-40
1.12 Exercises 1-41
Chapter 2 DCL and Utilities We Need
2.1 DCL for Application Development 2-1
2.2 FDL and Our Indexed Files 2-1
2.3 Indexed File Lore 2-5
2.4 Lexical Functions 2-12
2.5 The Import Program 2-14
2.6 Exercises 2-20
Chapter 3 DEC BASIC
3.1 Goals 3-1
3.2 Language Data Types 3-1
3.3 Magic Numbers 3-3
3.4 Group vs. Record 3-6
3.5 Creating Our Statistics Files 3-7
3.6 Data File Reporting 3-21
3.7 Other BASIC Language Features 3-28
3.8 BASIC Features to Never Use 3-33
3.9 The Zero Element 3-34
3.10 Where Do We Go From Here? 3-35
3.11 Exercises 3-35
Chapter 4 FMS
4.1 What is FMS? 4-1
4.2 Creating a Data Entry Screen in FMS 4-2
4.3 FMS Object vs. Library 4-5
4.4 Stand Alone Data Entry 4-6
4.5 An FMS Browse Program 4-20
4.6 An FMS Menu 4-27
4.7 FMS Functions to Never Use 4-38
4.8 FMS Summary 4-38
4.9 FMS Function and Subroutine Summary 4-39
4.10 Exercises 4-53
Chapter 5 CMS Theory and Practice
5.1 Code Management System 5-1
5.2 Logical Environment for CMS Based Development 5-1
5.3 Creating Our CMS Library 5-9
5.4 Putting Our Application in the Library 5-10
5.5 Deleting an Element From the Library 5-11
5.6 Classes and Deletions 5-12
5.7 Modifying Elements Once They Are in CMS 5-12
5.8 Productionizing the Application 5-13
5.9 Legacy Build Procedure 5-16
5.10 Additional CMS Commands 5-18
5.11 Promotion Between Libraries 5-20
5.12 Exercises 5-29
Chapter 6 CDD
6.1 What is CDD? 6-1
6.2 Some Definitions You Need to Know 6-2
6.3 The Different Camps of CDD Configuration 6-3
6.4 Creating a Repository 6-5
6.5 Defining Our Logicals and Directories 6-6
6.6 Creating Our Fields and Records 6-8
6.7 Converting Our Include File 6-12
6.8 Using Variants and Dates 6-14
6.9 Nuking the CDD 6-20
6.10 Full Build Modification 6-22
6.11 CDD Usage Summary 6-24
6.12 Mass Changes Due to CDD 6-24
6.13 Exercises 6-29
Chapter 7 Object and Text Libraries
7.1 What We Know About Libraries So Far 7-1
7.2 Application Logicals We Need 7-2
7.3 Creating Our Text Library 7-2
7.4 Converting Our Application to a Single EXE 7-3
7.5 Programming Assignment 7-23
7.6 Exercises 7-24
Chapter 8 MMS
8.1 The Purpose of MMS 8-1
8.2 The Correct Way to Use MMS 8-1
8.3 Putting It All Together 8-8
8.4 Exercises 8-12
Chapter 9 Message Utility, Mail and Phone
9.1 Message File Definition 9-1
9.2 VMSMAIL Overview 9-2
9.3 Sending Mail From Inside Server Applications 9-5
9.4 Programming Assignment 9-10
9.5 VMSPhone Overview 9-10
9.6 Creating Your Own Messages 9-12
9.7 Testing Your Messages 9-14
9.8 Programming Assignment 2 9-21
9.9 Exercises 9-21
Chapter 10 FORTRAN
10.1 Yes, It’s Still Out There 10-1
10.2 Basics of Fortran 10-2
10.3 Our Sample Application 10-7
10.4 Programming Assignment 1 10-53
10.5 Using Message Files 10-53
10.6 Our Quadword Example 10-54
10.7 Sending Mail 10-56
10.8 Programming Assignment 2 10-60
10.9 Exercises 10-60
Chapter 11 COBOL
11.1 Overview 11-1
11.2 Interview Questions That Are Red Flags 11-2
11.3 The Myth of the COBOL SORT Verb 11-4
11.4 The DCL SORT Command 11-4
11.5 Our Sample Application 11-6
11.6 Programming Assignment 11-58
11.7 The Rest of the Language 11-59
11.8 Our Quadword Example 11-61
11.9 Sending Mail 11-62
11.10 Programming Assignment 2 11-67
11.11 Exercises 11-68
Chapter 12 C/C++
12.1 Overview 12-1
12.2 Some Differences on OpenVMS 12-6
12.3 Our Sample Application in C 12-9
12.4 C++ Philosophy and Terminology 12-69
12.5 Our Sample Application in C++ 12-71
12.6 C/C++ Follow Up 12-139
12.7 Debugging Notes for C/C++ 12-146
12.8 Sending Mail 12-147
12.9 D_FLOAT Example 12-152
12.10 Programming Assignments 12-156
12.11 Exercises 12-156
Chapter 13 MySQL
13.1 Why MySQL? 13-1
13.2 Getting and Installing MySQL 13-4
13.3 Our Application Database 13-9
13.4 Creating the Tables 13-10
13.5 Compiling and Linking With MySQL 13-13
13.6 Our Sample Application 13-17
13.7 MySQL Follow-up 13-65
13.8 Programming Assignments 13-67
13.9 Exercises 13-69
Chapter 14 RDB
14.1 Why RDB? 14-1
14.2 What’s in the Book and What’s on Disk 14-4
14.3 Table and Database Definitions 14-5
14.4 The Drawbacks 14-14
14.5 Our SQLMOD Implementation 14-15
14.6 Programming Assignment 1 14-29
14.7 SQLMOD Follow Up 14-37
14.8 EXEC SQL Implementation 14-38
14.9 RDB Follow Up 14-54
14.10 Programming Assignment 2 14-55
14.11 Exercises 14-55
Chapter 15 Ruminations and Observations
15.1 Overview 15-1
15.2 What Do You Do? 15-1
15.3 Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow 15-5
15.4 Have You Ever Wondered Why Y2K Happened? 15-6
15.5 Optimal Technology 15-9
15.6 The Self-Defeating Business Model 15-11
15.7 Offshore Computing – The Death Knell of IT in the U.S. 15-14
15.8 Avoiding a Hell-Hole 15-17
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