# Compaq ACMS for OpenVMS
ADU Reference Manual

Begin | Index

Contents (summary)
Preface | Preface
Chapter 1 | Application Definition Utility Commands
Chapter 2 | %INCLUDE
Chapter 3 | Task Definition Clauses
Chapter 4 | Task Group Definition Clauses
Chapter 5 | Application Definition Clauses
Chapter 6 | Menu Definition Clauses
Chapter 7 | Declining Task Definition Clauses
Appendix A | ADU Error Messages
Appendix B | Summary of ACMS System Workspaces
| Index
| Figures
| Examples
| Tables

## Contents

Preface
Preface | Preface
Chapter 1
1 | Application Definition Utility Commands
1.1 | Explanations of Reference Page Terminology
1.2 | Starting and Stopping ADU
1.2.1 | Starting ADU
1.2.2 | Stopping ADU
1.3 | Command Summary
1.4 | Common ADU Command Qualifiers
Command 1 | @ (At sign) Command (ADU>)
Command 2 | ATTACH (ADU>)
Command 3 | BUILD (ADU>)
Command 4 | COMPILE (ADU>)
Command 5 | COPY (ADU>)
Command 6 | CREATE (ADU>)
Command 7 | DELETE (ADU>)
Command 8 | DUMP (ADU>)
Command 9 | EDIT (ADU>)
Command 10 | EXIT Command (ADU>)
Command 11 | HELP (ADU>)
Command 12 | LINK (ADU>)
Command 13 | LIST (ADU>)
Command 14 | MODIFY (ADU>)
Command 15 | REPLACE (ADU>)
Command 16 | SAVE (ADU>)
Command 17 | SET DEFAULT (ADU>)
Command 18 | SET LOG (ADU>)
Command 19 | SET VERIFY (ADU>)
Command 20 | SHOW DEFAULT (ADU>)
Command 21 | SHOW LOG (ADU>)
Command 22 | SHOW VERSION (ADU>)
Command 23 | SPAWN (ADU>)
Chapter 2
2 | %INCLUDE
Command 24 | %INCLUDE
Chapter 3
3 | Task Definition Clauses
3.1 | Multiple-Step Task Definitions
3.2 | Nested Blocks
3.3 | Block Step Phrases
3.4 | Block Conditional Clauses
3.5 | Exchange Step Clauses
3.6 | Processing Step Phrases and Clauses
3.7 | Step Labels
3.8 | Action Clauses
3.9 | Exception Handler Action Clauses
3.10 | Boolean Expressions
3.10.1 | Relational Expressions
3.10.2 | Types of Boolean Expressions
3.10.3 | Relational Operators
3.10.4 | Boolean Operators and Associativity
3.10.5 | Precedence
3.10.6 | Parentheses
3.10.7 | Comparisons
3.11 | I/O Restrictions for Distributed Processing
3.12 | Additional I/O Considerations
Command 25 | BLOCK Clause (Block)
Command 26 | CALL Clause (Processing)
Command 27 | CALL TASK Clause (Processing)
Command 28 | CANCEL ACTION Phrase (Block)
Command 29 | CANCEL TASK Clause (Action)
Command 30 | CANCELABLE Clause (Task)
Command 31 | COMMIT TRANSACTION Clause (Action)
Command 32 | CONTROL FIELD Clause (Block, Exchange, Processing, Action)
Command 33 | DATATRIEVE COMMAND Clause (Processing)
Command 34 | DCL COMMAND Clause (Processing)
Command 35 | DEFAULT FORM Clause (Task)
Command 36 | DEFAULT REQUEST LIBRARY Clause (Task)
Command 37 | DEFAULT SERVER Clause (Task)
Command 38 | DELAY Clause (Task)
Command 39 | EXCEPTION HANDLER Clause (Block, Exchange, Processing)
Command 40 | EXCHANGE Clause (Task)
Command 41 | EXIT BLOCK Clause (Action)
Command 42 | EXIT TASK Clause (Action)
Command 43 | FORM I/O Phrase (Block)
Command 44 | GET ERROR MESSAGE Clause (Action)
Command 45 | GLOBAL Clause (Task)
Command 46 | GOTO STEP Clause (Action)
Command 47 | IF THEN ELSE Clause (Block, Exchange, Processing, Action)
Command 48 | IMAGE Clause (Processing)
Command 49 | LOCAL Clause (Task)
Command 50 | MOVE Clause (Action)
Command 51 | NO EXCHANGE Clause (Exchange)
Command 52 | NO PROCESSING Clause (Processing)
Command 53 | NO SERVER CONTEXT ACTION Clause (Action)
Command 54 | NO TERMINAL I/O Phrase (Block, Processing)
Command 55 | NONPARTICIPATING SERVER Phrase (Processing)
Command 56 | PROCESSING Clause (Task)
Command 57 | RAISE EXCEPTION Clause (Action)
Command 58 | READ Clause (Exchange)
Command 59 | RECEIVE Clause (Exchange)
Command 60 | RELEASE SERVER CONTEXT Clause (Action)
Command 61 | REPEAT STEP Clause (Action)
Command 62 | REQUEST Clause (Exchange)
Command 63 | REQUEST I/O Phrase (Block, Processing)
Command 64 | RETAIN SERVER CONTEXT Clause (Action)
Command 65 | ROLLBACK TRANSACTION Clause (Action)
Command 66 | SELECT FIRST Clause (Block, Exchange, Processing, Action)
Command 67 | SEND Clause (Exchange)
Command 68 | SERVER CONTEXT Phrase (Block)
Command 69 | STREAM I/O Phrase (Block)
Command 70 | TASK ARGUMENTS Phrase (Task)
Command 71 | TERMINAL I/O Phrase (Processing)
Command 72 | TRANSACTION Phrase (Block, Processing)
Command 73 | TRANSCEIVE Clause (Exchange)
Command 74 | USE WORKSPACES Clause (Task)
Command 75 | WAIT Clause (Task)
Command 76 | WHILE DO Clause (Block, Exchange, Processing)
Command 77 | WORKSPACES Clause (Task)
Command 78 | WRITE Clause (Exchange)

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