Genero Business Development Language User Guide

Manual organization at a glance.

General	Installation	Upgrading	Configuration
BDL 3.10 new features Documentation conventions General terms used in this documentation Introduction to Genero BDL programming	Resources for upgrades Software requirements Installing Genero BDL Upgrading Genero BDL Platform specific notes	New features of Genero BDL Frequently asked questions Upgrade Guides for Genero BDL Planned desupport Migrating from IBM Informix 4gl to Genero BDL Migrating from Four Js BDS to Genero BDL	The FGLPROFILE file(s) Environment variables Front-end connection Database server connections
Language basics	Advanced features	SQL support	SQL database guides
Syntax features Data types Type conversions Literals Expressions Operators Flow control Functions Variables Constants Records Arrays Types	Optimization Localization Runtime stack Exceptions OOP support XML support Globals Database schema Programs Program execution	SQL programming Database connections Database transactions Static SQL statements Dynamic SQL management Result set processing Positioned updates/deletes SQL insert cursors SQL LOAD and UNLOAD	IBM Informix IBM DB2 LUW IBM Netezza SQL Server Oracle MySQL Oracle Database PostgreSQL SQLite SAP ASE
User Interface: User interface basics	User Interface: Form definitions	User Interface: Dialog instructions	User Interface: User interface programming
The dynamic user interface The abstract user interface tree Genero user interface modes GUI front-end connection Using a text terminal	Windows and forms Using images Accessibility guidelines Message files Action defaults files Presentation styles Form specification files Form rendering Toolbars Topmenus	Static display (DISPLAY/ERROR/MESSAGE/CLEAR) Prompt for values (PROMPT) Ring menus (MENU) Record input (INPUT) Record list (DISPLAY ARRAY) Editable record list (INPUT ARRAY) Query by example (CONSTRUCT) Multiple dialogs (DIALOG - inside functions) Parallel dialogs (START DIALOG)	Dialog programming basics Input fields Dialog actions List dialogs Table views Scrollgrid views Tree views Split views Drag & drop Front calls Web components Dynamic Dialogs Canvases Start menus Window containers (WCI)
Reports	Programming tools	Extending the language	Library reference
Understanding reports XML output for reports The report driver The report routine Two-pass reports Report instructions Report operators Report aggregate functions Report engine configuration	Command reference Compiling source files Source code edition Source documentation Source preprocessor Integrated debugger Program profiler Source code coverage Execution trace Packaging web applications Logging options	The Java interface C-Extensions User-defined front calls Web Components	Built-in functions Utility functions Built-in packages Extension packages File extensions Genero BDL errors
Web services	Mobile applications
General Concepts Security SOAP Web Services RESTful Web services How Do I ... ? Deploy a Web Service Reference	Types of Genero Mobile apps Language limitations Environment variables Database support on mobile devices Web Services on mobile devices Front call support List views Split views Toolbar rendering Topmenu rendering Debugging a mobile app Deploying mobile apps Push notifications