Description of Events 

This section describes in more detail the events that occur when you run an executable program.

The following events occur when you run a typical executable program with a logical database:

Event

Occurs

INITIALIZATION

Before the standard selection screen is displayed

AT SELECTION-SCREEN

After user input on a selection screen has been processed, but while the selection screen is still active

START-OF-SELECTION

After the standard selection screen has been processed, before data is read from the logical database

GET <table>

After the logical database has read an entry from the node <table>

GET <table> LATE

After all of the nodes of the logical database have been processed that are below <table> in the database hierarchy

END-OF-SELECTION

After all data has been read by the logical database

 

List processor events:

Event

Occurs

TOP-OF-PAGE

In list processing when a new page starts

END-OF-PAGE

In list processing when a page ends

AT LINE-SELECTION

When the user triggers the predefined function code PICK

AT PF<nn>

When the user triggers the predefined function code PF<nn>

AT USER-COMMAND

When the user triggers a function code defined in the program

For more information about these events, refer to Lists.