CA Ideal is a comprehensive software system that provides a fourth-generation language and fill-in definition screens to use in developing applications. It is also a complete environment for the development, maintenance, and execution of business applications. The CA Ideal environment is the same in any operating system. Therefore, you can work in a familiar environment regardless of the operating system or platform on which CA Ideal is running.
As an introduction to the CA Ideal environment, this guide explains how to accomplish all the peripheral functions that go along with creating CA Ideal applications. After you read this guide, you will be able to conduct a session, change options that control your environment, maintain the environment, control output destinations, and transport applications from one environment to another. All the information about the CA Ideal environment in an instructional organization can be found in this guide. Although some command syntax is included here, the Command Reference Guide contains complete syntax for all commands and is referenced where appropriate.
Contained in this chapter is basic information that is necessary for an understanding of what CA Ideal is and how to use it. Read this section before you begin to use this guide.
CA Ideal applications consist of the resources needed to perform a wide variety of online database and business applications.
You develop CA Ideal applications by defining a series of components using:
CA Ideal runs in both batch and online environments, under the z/OS or VSE operating systems.
CA Ideal can access data stored in either a CA Datacom/DB database or a DB2 database. Your CA Ideal environment can include CA Datacom/DB, DB2, or both (a dual database environment). The CA Ideal application model is stored and maintained in Datadictionary.
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