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ADABAS, NATURAL, CONSTRUCT, PREDICT and SUPER NATURAL are trademarks of Software AG of Darmstadt, Germany
The NATURAL Study Guide is well-written, well-designed and well-thought-out and is the best guide for anyone just starting out with NATURAL. At their own pace, each student will create and modify over 70 programs illustrating commands, statement usage and programming techniques. Questions and coding problems at the end of each chapter further test and reinforce the student's understanding of each topic. The explanations cover what you want without dragging in too much detail. Highly recommended for beginners at all levels; a perfect refresher course for others. Works with NATURAL 3.1.x. 404 pages.
Topics: Introduction to NATURAL; Statement Syntax; Data Definition Modules; Development Facilities Environment; NATURAL Commands and Statements; NATURAL Libraries; Editor Work Areas; Data Definition; Using the Program Editor; Accessing the Data Base; Basic Report Writing; Basic Mapping; Conditional Statements and Loop Processing; Array Processing; NATURAL Math Basics; Modifying the Data Base; Building NATURAL Applications; Batch Processing; Extensions on Reporting; Additional Topics; Appendix; Index.
ISBN 1-878960-00-8
Cost US$65.00 plus a nominal charge for shipping and handling
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An absolute must for newcomers to NATURAL and a very helpful book for experienced programmers and developers too. The NATURAL Developers Handbook has all the need-to-know information in NATURAL to design, develop and implement both prototype and production applications. Terrific undercover work on Map Editor and Windowing and Arrays. Report generation is handled with the same importance as on-line design techniques. Emphasis is on Structured Mode.
Our Handbook is arranged alphabetically with more than just program statements included. Other important topics like arrays, helproutines, help text, windows, debugging and recording are just as easily as FIND, SEPARATE, EXAMINE TRANSLATE and REINPUT or any other statement. With Structured Mode examples everywhere.
WH&O's NATURAL Developers Handbook: all the information you can find in the NATURAL Reference Manual; all the information you can find in the NATURAL Programmers Guide; and all the tips they forgot to tell you. NATURAL 3.1.x. 834 pages.
Sorry - Out of Stock. Version 4 Edition due mid May.
Topics: NATURAL Programming Statements including: Action Bar Processing; Arrays; Arithmetic-Assignment Rules; Control Variables; Edit Masks; Logical Condition Criteria; How FIND Works; Loops; Pull Down Windows; How READ Works; Windows; Appendices: NATURAL System Commands; NATURAL Terminal Commands; NATURAL Session Parameters; NATURAL Data Types; NATURAL System Variables; NATURAL System Functions; NATURAL Utilities: LIST Utility; Command Processor; PROCESS COMMAND Statement; Debugging Facility; DBLOG Utility; Batch Processing; Index
Recently we separated the Natural Editors from the Natural Developers Handbook for strictly logistical reasons. Natural Editors is available as a separate publication at US$35.00. The Natural Developers Handbook and Natural Editors are available together as a set for US$85.00.
ISBN 1-878960-01-6
Cost US$65.00 plus a nominal charge for shipping and handling
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The on-line version of the ever popular NATURAL Study Guide. The Advanced NATURAL Study Guide takes up where the original study guide ended. Reviews Common User Access principles. Extensive work with the Map Editor: Mapping Basics, Arrays, Processing Rules, Layouts, Forms, Profiles, and more. Additional emphasis is placed on providing on-line help and the implementation of various help facilities to include working with pop-up windows and scrolling windows and variations on selection techniques. GUI is addressed from the perspective of pull down windows using multiple features of NATURAL. Works with NATURAL 4.2.4. 270 pages.
Topics: Common User Access; Introduction to the Map Editor; Building Templates; Arrays; Processing Rules; Help; Extended Help; DEFINE WINDOW; Graphical User Interface; NATURAL Debugging Utility; Command Processor; Index. ISBN 1-878960-20-2.
Cost US$65.00 plus a nominal charge for shipping and handling
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Inside
ADABAS
An
Introduction to ADABAS Concepts and Facilities
For the applications programmer or designer, this book offers valuable and clear information concerning those aspects of ADABAS important to applications development. Inside ADABASis a "Concepts and Facilities" course in that it not only explains the various components of ADABAS but how they interact with one another. Whether you are working on a small prototype, a file design or a large database, this manual is an excellent resource.
This is not an internals manual. Inside ADABASis simply designed to introduce programmers, analysts and designers to the functions and facilities of ADABAS with practical exercises emphasizing the various strength of ADABAS.
A glossary is included that explains many of the terms and acronyms used in the text. There is a self-test included at the conclusion of the ADABAS section. 238 pages.
Topics: The Adaptable Data Base System; An ADABAS Session; Data Storage; The ADABAS Associator; ADABAS Descriptors; The ADABAS Nucleus; ADABAS Commands; Data Modification Commands; ADAM Files, ADABAS Calls, Utilities & Security; The Data Dictionary; The Study Guide Quiz; Glossary; Index.
Introduction
to Direct Calls.
Introduction
to ADABAS SQL.
ISBN 1-878960-03-2
Cost US$35.00 plus a nominal charge for shipping and handling
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Introduction to PREDICT - available summer of 2011
This book tells you what you need to know about PREDICT when you have to put up a file and maintain its fields and attributes. By continually building the discussion in a step-by-step approach, you'll learn many of the functions of PREDICT and how they interact with one another. 194 pages.
Topics: Introduction to PREDICT; Maintaining File Definitions; Maintaining Users & Owners; Maintaining Your User Profile; Maintaining Elementary Fields; Maintaining Keywords; Maintaining Databases; Maintaining Verification Rules; Creating ADABAS Files; Documenting NATURAL Programs; Active Retrieval; List XREF; Retrieval Subsystem; File Implementation; Implementation Maintenance; Direct Commands; Appendix; Extending PREDICT; SYSDICBE and Migration; Workfiles; Changes; Generating COBOL Copy Code; Index.
ISBN 1-878960-04-0
Cost US$65.00 plus a nominal charge for shipping and handling
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ISBN 1-878960-23-7.
Cost US$65.00 plus a nominal charge for shipping and handling
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NATURAL CONSTRUCT Application Development User's Guide
NATURAL CONSTRUCT is THE development tool you can customize. What can you do with CONSTRUCT? The simple answer is that you can create and modify robust applications with blinding speed. By enhancing the programming models you can tailor these systems to your environment. After a brief introduction, this CONSTRUCT Users Guide walks the reader through all the steps in developing their own customized applications. 520 pages.
Topics: What is CONSTRUCT? CONSTRUCT Standards; PREDICT; Getting Started: Invoking CONSTRUCT, Generation Main Menu; STARTUP & QUIT Models; MENU Model; MAP Model; MAINTenance Model; BROWSE Model; BROWSE-SELECT Model; BATCH Model; Overview of OBJECT Models; Extendable-INPUT; DRIVER Model; SHELL Model; .G Statement Models; CONSTRUCT Help System; Model Subsystem; Index
ISBN 1-878960-11-3.
Cost US$65.00 plus a nominal charge for shipping and handling
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