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"The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer" was published by Logikal Solutions in December 2006, it has 800 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: ➤  The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 800
  • Publisher: Logikal Solutions
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"The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Introduction
  • 2- Purpose of This Book
  • 3- What You Need to Know to Read This Book
  • 4- Who Should Read This Book
  • 5- How to Read This Book
  • 6- Our Sample Application
  • 7- Why OpenVMS?
  • 8- The Definition of Application
  • 9- Chapter 1 Fundamentals of OpenVMS
  • 10- Hardware
  • 11- Logging In
  • 12- Symbols
  • 13- Editor Choices
  • 14- EDT Exercises
  • 15- TPU and EVE Configuration
  • 16- LSE
  • 17- Logicals
  • 18- ACLs and the UAF
  • 19- Logical Name Tables
  • 20- Foreign Commands
  • 21- Exercises
  • 22- Chapter 2 DCL and Utilities We Need
  • 23- DCL for Application Development
  • 24- FDL and Our Indexed Files
  • 25- Indexed File Lore
  • 26- Lexical Functions
  • 27- The Import Program
  • 28- Exercises
  • 29- Chapter 3 DEC BASIC
  • 30- Goals
  • 31- Language Data Types
  • 32- Magic Numbers
  • 33- Group vs. Record
  • 34- Creating Our Statistics Files
  • 35- Data File Reporting
  • 36- Other BASIC Language Features
  • 37- BASIC Features to Never Use
  • 38- The Zero Element
  • 39- Where Do We Go From Here?
  • 40- Exercises
  • 41- Chapter 4 FMS
  • 42- What is FMS?
  • 43- Creating a Data Entry Screen in FMS
  • 44- FMS Object vs. Library
  • 45- Stand Alone Data Entry
  • 46- An FMS Browse Program
  • 47- An FMS Menu
  • 48- FMS Functions to Never Use
  • 49- FMS Summary
  • 50- FMS Function and Subroutine Summary
  • 51- Exercises
  • 52- Chapter 5 CMS Theory and Practice
  • 53- Code Management System
  • 54- Logical Environment for CMS Based Development
  • 55- Creating Our CMS Library
  • 56- Putting Our Application in the Library
  • 57- Deleting an Element From the Library
  • 58- Classes and Deletions
  • 59- Modifying Elements Once They Are in CMS
  • 60- Productionizing the Application
  • 61- Legacy Build Procedure
  • 62- Additional CMS Commands
  • 63- Promotion Between Libraries
  • 64- Exercises
  • 65- Chapter 6 CDD
  • 66- What is CDD?
  • 67- Some Definitions You Need to Know
  • 68- The Different Camps of CDD Configuration
  • 69- Creating a Repository
  • 70- Defining Our Logicals and Directories
  • 71- Creating Our Fields and Records
  • 72- Converting Our Include File
  • 73- Using Variants and Dates
  • 74- Nuking the CDD
  • 75- Full Build Modification
  • 76- CDD Usage Summary
  • 77- Mass Changes Due to CDD
  • 78- Exercises
  • 79- Chapter 7 Object and Text Libraries
  • 80- What We Know About Libraries So Far
  • 81- Application Logicals We Need
  • 82- Creating Our Text Library
  • 83- Converting Our Application to a Single EXE
  • 84- Programming Assignment
  • 85- Exercises
  • 86- Chapter 8 MMS
  • 87- The Purpose of MMS
  • 88- The Correct Way to Use MMS
  • 89- Putting It All Together
  • 90- Exercises
  • 91- Chapter 9 Message Utility, Mail and Phone
  • 92- Message File Definition
  • 93- VMSMAIL Overview
  • 94- Sending Mail From Inside Server Applications
  • 95- Programming Assignment
  • 96- VMSPhone Overview
  • 97- Creating Your Own Messages
  • 98- Testing Your Messages
  • 99- Programming Assignment 2
  • 100- Exercises
  • 101- Chapter 10 FORTRAN
  • 102- Yes, It's Still Out There
  • 103- Basics of Fortran
  • 104- Our Sample Application
  • 105- Programming Assignment 1
  • 106- Using Message Files
  • 107- Our Quadword Example
  • 108- Sending Mail
  • 109- Programming Assignment 2
  • 110- Exercises
  • 111- Chapter 11 COBOL
  • 112- Overview
  • 113- Interview Questions That Are Red Flags
  • 114- The Myth of the COBOL SORT Verb
  • 115- The DCL SORT Command
  • 116- Our Sample Application
  • 117- Programming Assignment
  • 118- The Rest of the Language
  • 119- Our Quadword Example
  • 120- Sending Mail
  • 121- Programming Assignment 2
  • 122- Exercises
  • 123- Chapter 12 C/C++
  • 124- Overview
  • 125- Some Differences on OpenVMS
  • 126- Our Sample Application in C
  • 127- C++ Philosophy and Terminology
  • 128- Our Sample Application in C++
  • 129- C/C++ Follow Up
  • 130- Debugging Notes for C/C++
  • 131- Sending Mail
  • 132- D_FLOAT Example
  • 133- Programming Assignments
  • 134- Exercises
  • 135- Chapter 13 MySQL
  • 136- Why MySQL?
  • 137- Getting and Installing MySQL
  • 138- Our Application Database
  • 139- Creating the Tables
  • 140- Compiling and Linking With MySQL
  • 141- Our Sample Application
  • 142- MySQL Follow-up
  • 143- Programming Assignments
  • 144- Exercises
  • 145- Chapter 14 RDB
  • 146- Why RDB?
  • 147- What's in the Book and What's on Disk
  • 148- Table and Database Definitions
  • 149- The Drawbacks
  • 150- Our SQLMOD Implementation
  • 151- Programming Assignment 1
  • 152- SQLMOD Follow Up
  • 153- EXEC SQL Implementation
  • 154- RDB Follow Up
  • 155- Programming Assignment 2
  • 156- Exercises
  • 157- Chapter 15 Ruminations and Observations
  • 158- Overview
  • 159- What Do You Do?
  • 160- Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow
  • 161- Have You Ever Wondered Why Y2K Happened?
  • 162- Optimal Technology
  • 163- The Self-Defeating Business Model
  • 164- Offshore Computing - The Death Knell of IT in the U.S.
  • 165- Avoiding a Hell-Hole

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