DP4 Menu

When a user logs on to the DP4 menu system, the menu page selected for the user is displayed. If you do not set up a menu page as descibed in Using the Menu Editor, the default menu is the system menu, which gives the user access to the DP4 utilities.

The DP4 menu utility includes the system menu which provides access to the DP4 database development utilities:

The top-level system menu options provide access to the DP4 utilities as follows:

Configuration Options

System setup, user setup and maintenance, user preferences and password, keyboard lock up

Database Management

Database setup and modification, index link definition, database dictionary printing, table planning, database structure extract and transfer, database reorganisation

Backup/Recovery

Database backup, roll-back recovery, database restoration, integrity checking and transaction log auditing

QAB Facilities

QA Build program setup, compilation and interpreting, program printing, transfer and debugging, automatic program generation

Other Facilities

Data entry and enquiry, data import and export, report setup and printing, menu setup, map editing and maintenance, help authoring and text file editing

Run Program

Run a program as from the operating system command prompt

Log Out

End your DP4 session and return to the operating system

Exit

Return to the operating system without logging out