SHOW

The SHOW command is used to:

• Navigate among object panels.
• Show a list of global variables.
• Show fields that are too long to fit on the panel.
• Show the SQL translation of a relational prompted query.
• Show a command panel from the database object list that lets you specify any QMF command or synonym.
• Show a variation of a FORM.DETAIL panel.

SHOW an object panel

         .-?-----------------------------------------.
>>-SHow--+-------------------------------------------+---------><
         +-Home--------------------------------------+
         +-PROFile-----------------------------------+
         +-PROC--------------------------------------+
         +-Query-------------------------------------+
         +-Report------------------------------------+
         +-CHARt-------------------------------------+
         +-Globals-----------------------------------+
         +-FOrm--------------------------------------+
         '-+-Form.Main-----------------------------+-'
           +-Form.COLumns--------------------------+
           +-Form.CONditions-----------------------+
           +-Form.CAlc-----------------------------+
           +-Form.Page-----------------------------+
           +-Form.Detail--+----------------------+-+
           |              '-| Detail Variation |-' |
           +-Form.Final----------------------------+
           +-Form.Break1---------------------------+
           +-Form.Break2---------------------------+
           +-Form.Break3---------------------------+
           +-Form.Break4---------------------------+
           +-Form.Break5---------------------------+
           +-Form.Break6---------------------------+
           '-Form.Options--------------------------'

Detail Variation

|--(--+--------------------------------------+--+---+-----------|
      |           .-=-. .-currentvariation-. |  '-)-'
      '-Variation-+---+-+-integer----------+-'

SHOW more for fields on certain panels

>>-SHow--FIeld-------------------------------------------------><

SHOW the SQL equivalent for a Prompted Query

>>-SHow--SQl---------------------------------------------------><

SHOW Table Editor's Change panel

>>-SHow--CHANge------------------------------------------------><

SHOW Table Editor's Search panel

>>-SHow--SEarch------------------------------------------------><

SHOW a command entry panel

                 (1)
>>-SHow--COmmand-----------------------------------------------><

1. Valid only from a database object list panel with an action column.