What you should know before you begin

QMF applications let you work with QMF objects and perform QMF functions from within an application program written in one of the languages QMF supports. This book assumes you already know how to write queries and procedures, format reports, and modify the database.

To write QMF applications using QMF command or callable interfaces, you might need to know one of the following programming languages:

Callable Interface

Command Interface

Assembler, PL/I, C, REXX, COBOL, FORTRAN

Any language that runs under ISPF

You might also need a panel display application, depending on the type of application you write.

For a list of books that provide information about QMF functions and administration, see The QMF Library.