Genero Business Development Language User Guide

Manual organization at a glance.

General	Installation	Upgrading	Configuration
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 Upgrade Guides 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 Primitive Data types Type conversions Formatting data Literals Expressions Operators Flow control Variables Constants Records Arrays Dictionaries Types Functions Interfaces	Program structure Database schema Importing modules Program execution Runtime stack Exceptions Localization Globals Predefined constants Configuration options Program registers OOP support XML support JSON support Front calls Optimization Reflection	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 Microsoft SQL Server Oracle MySQL Oracle Database PostgreSQL SQLite SAP HANA
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	Form rendering Windows and forms Using images Accessibility guidelines Message files Action defaults files Presentation styles Form specification files 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) Declarative dialogs (DIALOG - at module level)	Dialog programming basics Input fields Dialog actions List dialogs Table views Scrollgrid views Tree views Drag & drop Front calls Web components Dynamic Dialogs Folders
Reports	Programming tools (1)	Programming tools (2)	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 Source code beautifier Source refactoring Packaging web applications Logging options	Built-in functions Utility modules Built-in packages Built-in front calls Extension packages File extensions Genero BDL errors
Web services	Mobile Apps (1)	Mobile Apps (2)	Extending the language
General Concepts Security SOAP Web Services RESTful Web services (high-level framework) RESTful Web services (low-level APIs) How Do I ... ? Deploy a Web Service Reference	Types of Genero Mobile apps Mobile development mode Language limitations Environment variables App localization App execution Database support on mobile devices	File management Color and theming Screen orientation Accessing device functions Web Services on mobile devices Debugging a mobile app Deploying mobile apps Push notifications Cordova plugins	The Java interface C-Extensions User-defined front calls