Creating a SETUP Section

Place a SETUP section at the beginning of the program, before the PROGRAM section. Begin the section with a BEGIN-SETUP paragraph and end it with an END-SETUP paragraph.

Use the following commands in the SETUP section:

Command

Comment

ALTER-LOCALE

Can also appear in a procedure.

ASK

Allowed only in a SETUP section.

BEGIN-SQL

Can also appear in a procedure. Processed when a runtime file (with .SQT extension) is loaded.

CREATE-ARRAY

Can also appear in a procedure.

DECLARE-CHART

NA

DECLARE-IMAGE

NA

DECLARE-LAYOUT

NA

DECLARE-PRINTER

NA

DECLARE-PROCEDURE

NA

DECLARE-REPORT

NA

DECLARE-TOC

NA

DECLARE-VARIABLE

Can also appear in a local procedure.

LOAD-LOOKUP

Can also appear in a procedure.