About this book
What is an information catalog?
What are information catalog architected interfaces?
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Information Catalog Manager
Who uses the Information Catalog Manager?
What kinds of applications work with the Information Catalog Manager?
Chapter 2. Managing objects with an application
Organizing objects using categories
A programmer's view of the Information Catalog Manager object types
Defining object types
The Information Catalog Manager identifier names
Chapter 3. Writing programs with the Information Catalog Manager API calls
What you can do with the Information Catalog Manager API calls
Issuing an Information Catalog Manager API call
Passing data to and from the Information Catalog Manager API calls
Including header files
An overview of writing a C language program
How to use the Information Catalog Manager API calls in your program
National language considerations
Introducing DG2SAMP.C
Chapter 4. The Information Catalog Manager input and output structures
Common characteristics of the Information Catalog Manager API input and output structures
The Information Catalog Manager API input structure
Creating input structures for an API call
The Information Catalog Manager API output structure
Reading an output structure resulting from an API call
Chapter 5. The Information Catalog Manager API call syntax
API call syntax conventions
FLGAppendType
FLGCommit
FLGConvertID
FLGCreateInst
FLGCreateReg
FLGCreateType
FLGDeleteInst
FLGDeleteReg
FLGDeleteTree
FLGDeleteType
FLGDeleteTypeExt
FLGExport
FLGFoundIn
FLGFreeMem
FLGGetInst
FLGGetReg
FLGGetType
FLGImport
FLGInit
FLGListAnchors
FLGListAssociates
FLGListContacts
FLGListObjTypes
FLGListOrphans
FLGListPrograms
FLGManageCommentStatus
FLGManageFlags
FLGManageIcons
FLGManageTagBuf
FLGManageUsers
FLGMdisExport
FLGMdisImport
FLGNavigate
FLGOpen
FLGRelation
FLGRollback
FLGSearch
FLGSearchAll
FLGTerm
FLGTrace
FLGUpdateInst
FLGUpdateReg
FLGWhereUsed
FLGXferTagBuf
Appendix A. Sample program DG2SAMP.C
Compiling DG2SAMP.C
Linking DG2SAMP.C
Executing DG2SAMP.C
Appendix B. The Information Catalog Manager API header file--DG2APIH
Constants defined in DG2API.H
Structure and data type definitions in DG2API.H
Information Catalog Manager API call function prototypes
Appendix C. Information Catalog Manager limits