ddbicon.pngDDBuilder: Opening an Existing Data Dictionary (Superseded)

DDBuilder has been superseded by the BASIS DBMS Data Dictionary module accessible from the BASIS IDE or the Enterprise Manager. Recommended for usage with ODBC/JDBC access to PRO/5, Visual PRO/5, BBj application data. DDBuilder is no longer included in the BBj download package as of version 12.0 but can be downloaded with Visual PRO/5.

Description

Opening an existing data dictionary involves opening a data source and opening a configuration file.

Opening a Data Source

To open an existing data source, do the following:

  1. On the File menu, select Open Data Source to bring up the Open Data Source dialog.

  2. The Open Data Source dialog displays an icon for each available data source. To open a data source, either double-click its icon, or click the icon and then click Open.

  3. The tree view then appears and displays the structure of the selected data source.

Opening a Configuration File

To open a data source that is not defined in the SQL.INI file, locate its configuration file, as follows:

  1. On the File menu, select Open Config to bring up the Open dialog.

  2. Browse through the Open dialog to locate the configuration file. Select the file and click Open.

  3. The tree view then appears, and displays the structure of the data dictionary.