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   Programming a BEA Tuxedo Application Using FML

This section describes the audience for this document, the type of knowledge that readers of this document are expected to have, and a list of references for other FML documentation.

This document is for programmers who need to learn how to use FML functions. As a programmer using FML, you might be working on BEA Tuxedo data entry programs, or other programs requiring inter-process communication of fielded data. This document also provides information for users of applications that make use of FML with regard to setting up the environment correctly.

This document offers detailed information about the features of FML and how the different FML functions are used.

To make full use of this document, you should be familiar with the following:

• The UNIX System environment-We assume, for example, that you do not need a definition of a shell command or an environment variable, and that you understand what is meant by a UNIX System file or the concept of running a process in the background.

• The C or COBOL programming language-The functions and macros that make up FML are intended to be incorporated in C language programs, so we assume you have previously spent some time developing C programs. If you are using VIEWS in COBOL (that is, COBOL records), then little, if any, C language knowledge is needed.

• The BEA TUXEDO system-We assume, even if you have not yet worked on a BEA TUXEDO application, that you at least have an understanding of what the BEA TUXEDO system is intended to do, and that you have read about the application development environment in Programming a BEA Tuxedo Application Using C or Programming a BEA Tuxedo Application Using COBOL.

See Also

• BEA Tuxedo FML Function Reference

• In the BEA Tuxedo File Formats and Data Descriptions Reference see the following entries for the purpose specified.

  • compilation(5)-for instructions on compiling application programs

  • field_tables(5)-for a description of FML field tables

  • viewfile(5)-for a description of the structure of VIEW description files