4th D1987 Command Reference

Acius pith DimensionTM Command Reference 4th Dimension by Laurent Ribardiere Copyright © 1987 Acius, Inc . even if advised of the possibility All rights reserved . of such damages . In particular, Acius shall have no liability for This manual was written by any applications developed Dominique Hermsdorff, Will with, or data stored in or used Mayall, Bruce Barrett, Bill with, 4th Dimension, including Kling, and Samir Arora . the costs of recovering such Cover design by Patrick Chedal programs or data . C&C. Apple, AppleShare, AppleTalk, This manual and the software ImageWriter, LaserWriter, described in it may not be MacDraw, Macintosh, and copied, in whole or in part, MacPaint are trademarks of without written consent of Apple Computer, Inc . Acius, Inc ., except in the normal use of the software or to make a backup copy . It is against the law to copy 4th Dimension on magnetic tape, disk, or any other medium for any purpose other than the purchaser's personal use . Even though Acius has tested and reviewed the software and documentation, ACIDS MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO SOFT- WARE, ITS QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANT- ABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE . AS A RESULT, THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS," AND YOU THE PURCHASER ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO ITS QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE . IN NO EVENT WILL ACIDS BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION, Conten $ Figures and tables xi Preface About This Book xiii Overview of the command reference xiii Aids to understanding xiv Vocabulary xiv Syntactic definitions xv Part I Introduction to the Command Reference 1 Selection commands 1 Selecting a file 2 Manipulating a selection 2 Working with records 3 Selecting records 3 Manipulating records 4 Working with subrecords 4 Manipulating a subselection 4 Selecting subrecords 5 Manipulating subrecords 5 Working with links 6 Working with sets 6 Data entry 7 Data output 8 User interface 9 Menus 9 Layouts and layout variables 9 Dialogs 10 Windows 10 Miscellaneous 10 Communications with the outside world 11 Importing and exporting a selection 11 Communicating with documents and ports 11 Multi-user commands 12 Standard functions 12 Arithmetic and statistical functions 13 …