Dialog specification

Main Menu

Identifies the name of a dialog and specifies the action to be taken

General options

Options and Directives

Specifies dialog options for activity logging, symbol and diagnostic table building, entry point, COBOL moves, retrieval locks, and autostatus capability

Assign maps

Map Specifications

Associates a map with the dialog, specifies paging options

Assign database

Database Specifications

Associates a schema and subschema and an access module with the dialog; identifies SQL options

Assign records and tables

Records and Tables

Associates work records with the dialog; specifies records for which new buffers are allocated when the dialog executes at runtime

Assign process modules

Process Modules

Associates a premap process, one or more response processes, and a declaration module with the dialog