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Access Service User's Guide DirectConnect for AS/400

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Style conventions

This book uses the following style conventions:

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Gateway-Library function names

TDINIT, TDCANCEL

Client-Library function names

CTBINIT, CTBCANCEL

Other executables (DB-Library routines, SQL commands) in text

the dbrpcparam routine, a select statement

Directory names, path names, and file names

/usr/bin directory, interfaces file

Variables

n bytes

Adaptive Server datatypes

datetime, float

Sample code

01 BUFFER     PIC S9(9) COMP SYNC

User input

01 BUFFER PIC X(n)

Client-Library and Gateway-Library function argument names

BUFFER, RETCODE

Names of objects stored on the mainframe

SYCTSAA5

Symbolic values used with function arguments, properties, and structure fields

CS_UNUSED, FMT_NAME, CS_SV_FATAL

Client-Library property names

CS_PASSWORD, CS_USERNAME

Client-Library and Gateway-Library datatypes

CS_CHAR, TDSCHAR

All other names and terms are in regular typeface.


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