Progress/400
Product Guide


Retaining Progress Attributes

You can apply database changes on the AS/400 with the Change Progress/400 Dictionary Utility (CHGPRODCT) and retain attributes of the files from the original Progress/400 dictionary creation. To retain Progress-style field names, you must specify the correct value for the PROATR keyword in CHGPRODCT.

This feature does not apply in the following situations:

Table 8–5 shows the affect of PROATR on fields given the three possible keyword selections.

Table 8–5: CHGPRODCT PROATR Behavior
Progress Field
*OVRWRT
*SAVE
*CMPSAVE
FILE RELATED:
DESCRIPTION
Generated
Current value
DDS value
FILENAME
DDS Value (FILE)
Current value
Current value
DUMPNAME
Generated
Current value
Current value
FILE LABEL
Blank
Current value
Current value
FILE LABEL SA
Blank
Current value
Current value
HIDDEN
Defaults to “N”
Current value
Current value
VAL EXP
Blank
Current value
Current value
VAL EXP SA
Blank
Current value
Current value
PRIME INDEX
Generated (first index)
Generated
Generated (message if changed)
FIELD RELATED:
FIELDNAME
Generated (AS4FIELD)
Current value
Current value
DESCRIPTION
Generated/Blank
Current value
DDS value
COL LABEL
DDS value
Current value
DDS value
LABEL
DDS value
Current value
DDS value
COL LABEL SA
Blank
Current value
Current value
DECIMALS
Generated
Current value
Current value
FORMAT
Generated
Current value
Current value-validate
FORMAT SA
Blank
Current value
Current value
HELP
Blank
Current value
Current value
HELP SA
Blank
Current value
Current value
VAL EXP
Blank
Current value
Current value
VIEW AS
Blank
Current value
Current value
VAL MSG
Blank
Current value
Current value
INDEX RELATED:
INDEXNAME
Generated
Current value
Current value
DESCRIPTION
Generated
Current value
DDS value
ACTIVE
Defaults to “Y”
Current value
Current value

For more information on CHGPRODCT, see AS/400 Utilities."


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