MODIFY Syntax Summary

MODIFY Request Syntax

The following is the syntax of MODIFY requests:

MODIFY FILE filename [ECHO|TRACE]
 
TYPE [ON ddname] [AT START|AT END]
 
"text"
 
COMPUTE 
field/format=;
 
****** transaction subcommand ********
 
VALIDATE 
field=expression;
   ON INVALID {GOTO ... |PERFORM ... |TYPE [ON ddname]}
   "text"
 
COMPUTE 
field/format = expression;

MATCH {* [KEYS] [SEG.n]|[WITH-UNIQUES] keyfield(s) [field ... field]}
  ON MATCH action 
  ON MATCH action 
  .
  .
  ON NOMATCH action 
  ON NOMATCH action 
  .
  .
  ON MATCH/NOMATCH action 
 
REPEAT [*|number] [TIMES] [MAX maximum] [NOHOLD]
  statements 
  HOLD [SEG.]field [field ... field]
ENDREPEAT
 
ACTIVATE [RETAIN|MOVE] [SEG.]field ... field 
 
DEACTIVATE {[RETAIN] [SEG.] field ... field |[RETAIN] 
ALL|COMPUTES|INVALID}
 
CASE casename 
 
GOTO {TOP|ENDCASE|ENDREPEAT|casename|variable|EXIT}
 
PERFORM {TOP|ENDCASE|ENDREPEAT|casename|variable|EXIT}
 
IF expression 
[THEN] {GOTO|PERFORM} {TOP|ENDCASE|ENDREPEAT|casename|variable|EXIT}
[ELSE {GOTO|PERFORM} {TOP|ENDCASE|ENDREPEAT|casename|variable|EXIT}]
 
HOLD [SEG.]field [field ... field]
 
GETHOLD
 
NEXT field 
  ON NEXT action 
  ON NEXT action 
  .
  .
  ON NONEXT action 
  ON NONEXT action 
  .
  .
ENDCASE
 
COMMIT
ROLLBACK
 
LOG {TRANS|ACCEPTS|DUPL|NOMATCH|INVALID|FORMAT} [ON ddname] 
[MSG {ON|OFF}]
 
CHECK {ON|OFF|n}
 
START n 
 
STOP n 
 
DATA {ON ddname|VIA progname}
 
[END]

Transaction Statement Syntax

The following is the syntax for three transaction statements: FIXFORM, FREEFORM, and PROMPT. For CRTFORM syntax, see Designing Screens With FIDEL.

The syntax of the FIXFORM statement:

FIXFORM {FROM master|
         [ON ddname] field/[C]format field/[C]format ... [Xn] [X-n]}

The syntax of the FREEFORM statement:

FREEFORM [ON ddname] field field field ...

The syntax of the PROMPT statement:

PROMPT {*|field[.text.] field[,text,] . . .}

MATCH and NEXT Statement Actions

This section lists the actions that can be taken by MATCH and NEXT statements. They are placed in ON MATCH, ON NOMATCH, ON NEXT, and ON NONEXT phrases. These actions are:

```
ACTIVATE
```
```
COMMIT
```
```
COMPUTE
```
CONTINUE (ON MATCH and ON NEXT only)
CONTINUE TO (ON MATCH and ON NEXT only)
```
CRTFORM
```
```
DEACTIVATE
```
DELETE (ON MATCH and ON NEXT only)
```
FIXFORM
```
```
FREEFORM
```
```
GOTO
```
```
HOLD
```
```
IF
```
```
INCLUDE
```
```
PERFORM
```
```
PROMPT
```
```
REJECT
```
REPEAT (ON MATCH and ON NEXT only)
```
ROLLBACK
```
TED (ON MATCH and ON NOMATCH ON NEXT and ON NONEXT
```
TYPE
```
UPDATE (ON MATCH and ON NEXT only)
```
VALIDATE
```

The following actions can be used in ON MATCH/NOMATCH phrases:

ACTIVATE
COMMIT
CRTFORM
DEACTIVATE
GOTO
HOLD
IF
PERFORM
PROMPT
ROLLBACK
TED

The following actions can be used in ON INVALID phrases:

GOTO
PERFORM
TYPE