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Informix 4GL Developing Applications

( Duration: 5 Days )

By attending Developing Applications Using Informix 4GL workshop, delegates will learn to:

  • Develop custom applications using IBM Informix 4GL
  • Create custom menus
  • Create custom data entry forms
  • Effectively use SQL statements in Their application
  • Incorporate error handling routines into Their application
  • Integrate on-line help facilities into Their application
  • Use transactions in Their application
  • Produce custom reports
  • Use screen arrays
  • Insert multiple rows using arrays
  • Execute dynamic SQL statements
  • Lock database rows during updates
  • Deploy 4GL functions as Web services

  • Previous programming experience
  • Experience in using Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • Experience using UNIX or Linux is recommended

This Developing Applications Using Informix 4GL training course is for Application Developers, Database & System Administrators, Project Leaders, & Technical Support Individuals.

COURSE AGENDA

1

IBM Informix 4GL and the IBM Informix Toolset

  • Explain to others how IBM Informix 4GL fits into the client/server architecture of IBM Informix products
  • Tell the difference between the compiled IBM Informix 4GL C Compiler Version and IBM Informix
  • 4GL Rapid Development System
2

Basic Components of IBM Informix 4GL

  • Define the terms: PROGRAM, MODULE, FUNCTION, and FORM
  • Understand how these components make up an IBM Informix 4GL program
3

IBM Informix 4GL The Programmer's Environment

  • Navigate through the IBM Informix 4GL Programmer's Environment menu
  • Choose the appropriate menu option for a given task
  • Use the alternative command-line options to create programs
4

Procedural Logic

  • Use IBM Informix 4GL syntax for decision logic, including IF statements and CASE statements
  • Follow IBM Informix 4GL syntax for logic loops, including WHILE loops and FOR loops
5

Screen Interaction Statements

  • Describe the features of the following IBM Informix 4GL statements: ERROR, MESSAGE, DISPLAY, and PROMPT
  • Modify default display characteristics for these statements using the OPTIONS statement
6

The MENU Statement

  • Use the MENU statement to create an IBM Informix 4GL ring menu
  • Suggest a menu path to a user
  • Create hidden menu options
  • Hide or display specific menu options
7

Creating a Help File: The mkmessage Utility

  • Use the mkmessage utility to compile a customized Help file for Their application
  • Understand the menu used when Their Help file is invoked
  • Change the default Help key
  • Include a Help option in a 4GL statement
8

Forms in IBM Informix 4GL

  • Create a default form
  • Select a table for a form
  • Modify a default form
  • Specify attributes for a form
  • Compile a form
9

Displaying Forms and Windows

  • Display a form to the screen
  • Open a window on the screen
  • Use the statements associated with clearing windows
  • Use the statements needed to release the memory used by forms and windows
10

Data Types in IBM Informix 4GL

  • Use the different data types in IBM Informix 4GL
  • Defining Program Variables
  • Define the appropriate variables for Their program
  • Understand the scope of program variables
  • Know which data types can be used to define a variable in Their program
11

The Input Statement

  • Use the INPUT statement to enter information into program variables
  • Change the default options for accepting data entry from end users
12

Using Clauses with the INPUT Statement

  • Controlling the movement of the cursor through a form based on user input
  • Using the value entered in one field to calculate a value for another field
  • Invoking field level help through the use of special built-in functions
13

The Insert Statement

  • Take the values entered by a user and insert them into a database table
14

The SQLCA Record

  • Recognize the variables that make up the SQLCA record
  • Understand how SQLCA record can be used
15

Trapping Errors with the WHENEVER Statement

  • Tell the program that You will test for errors in Their IBM Informix 4GL program
  • Recover from errors in Their IBM Informix 4GL program
  • Use a compile switch to change the condition of error handling
16

Trapping User Entered Interrupts: The DEFER INTERRUPT Statement

  • Trap the interrupt signal during data entry
17

A Review of the SELECT Statement

  • Use a simple SELECT statement to return one row from the database
  • Understand the syntax for more complex SELECT statements
18

Verifying Data in IBM Informix 4GL

  • Make code reusable
  • Call a function within an expression
  • Verify that data being entered by an end user exists in one table before allowing it to be added to another table
  • Use the SQLCA.SQLCODE variable to see whether a row was returned by a SELECT statement
19

An Overview of Cursors

  • Name the three types of cursors
  • Use the appropriate cursor for a given task
20

Transactions in IBM Informix 4GL

  • Define a transaction
  • Use the BEGIN WORK, COMMIT WORK, and ROLLBACK WORK statements in a transaction
21

Using Scroll Cursors

  • Use a SCROLL cursor to retrieve rows from the database
  • Use the features of a SCROLL cursor to browse through the selected rows
  • DECLARE a cursor WITH HOLD when using transactions
22

Query by Example: The CONSTRUCT Statement

  • Use a CONSTRUCT statement so that end users can query-byexample
23

Row Locking: FOR UPDATE Cursor

  • Use a cursor declared FOR UPDATE to lock a row while it is being changed or deleted
24

Deleting Rows in IBM Informix 4GL

25

Implement the code necessary to delete a row from a table

  • Verify that a row can be deleted
  • Prompt the user for assurance of a delete
26

Database Updates in IBM Informix 4GL

  • Let the user access a form to change information
  • Update a row in a database
27

The PREPARE Statement for Optimization

  • Use a PREPARE statement to increase the speed of execution for a DELETE statement
  • Use a PREPARE statement to increase the speed of execution for an UPDATE statement
  • Use a PREPARE statement to increase the speed of execution for an INSERT statement
28

Scroll Cursors and Stale Data

  • Use a SCROLL cursor to SELECT a primary key
  • Use the primary key from a SCROLL cursor as an index for a nonscrolling cursor
29

Forms that Use Arrays

  • Create a form that uses an array
  • Define a screen array for a form that uses an array
  • Open and display a form with an array
30

The INPUT ARRAY Statement

  • Define a program array of records
  • Use the INPUT ARRAY statement to allow the user to enter data
  • Use the INSERT statement to transfer the program array record values into a database table
31

Clauses Using INPUT ARRAY

  • Control the movement of the cursor through the elements of an array based on user input
  • Use the value entered in one field to calculate a value for another field
  • Use library functions to verify information during the input
32

Displaying Arrays and Pop-up Windows

  • Select data from the database into a program array
  • Use the DISPLAY ARRAY statement to allow the user to scroll through the set of data
  • Populate a program array to be used in a pop-up window
  • Implement a pop-up window to display a list of valid values for a field on a form
33

Reports in IBM Informix 4GL: Creating a Report Driver

  • Create a report driver using the statements: START REPORT, OUTPUT TO REPORT, and FINISH REPORT
  • Create a default report using the REPORT function
34

The REPORT Function

  • Use the REPORT function to format the rows received by the report driver
  • Use the seven control blocks of a report to achieve the desired appearance of a report
35

Advanced Report Concept: Two Reports from One SELECT

  • Use one SELECT statement in two reports
  • FORMAT the same information in two different reports
36

Advanced Report Concept: Using Variables to Name Output Files

  • Use a variable to name an output file
  • Use information supplied by the user to create the sort key for a report
37

Informix 4GL Applications as Web Services

  • Define Web Service and Service-Oriented Architecture
  • Describe the process of deploying a 4GL application to a Web service
  • Configure the 4GL development environment for Web services
  • Use the 4GL tools to manage components, compile, and deploy functions as Web services

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