ABL Keywords

Question 1

What does the COMPILE statement do?

Answer 1

Compiles a procedure file or a class definition file. A compilation can last for a session, or you can save it permanently for use in later sessions.

Question 2

What does the CONNECT statement do?

Answer 2

Establishes a connection to one or more databases from within an ABL procedure or class.

Question 3

What does the CONNECTED statement do?

Answer 3

Tells whether a database is connected. If logical name is the logical name or alias is the alias of a connected function returns TRUE.

Question 4

What does Find-First( ) Method do?

Answer 4

Gets a single record. This method lets a user get the first record that satisfies the predicate expression.

Question 5

What does Find-Last do?

Answer 5

Gets a single record. This method lets a user get the last record that satisfies the predicate expression.

Question 6

What does Find-Unique do?

Answer 6

Gets a single record. This method lets the user get a unique record that satisfies the predicate expression.

Question 7

What does first buffer do?

Answer 7

Returns the handle for the first dynamic buffer in the first table containing a dynamic buffer. The table may either be a temp-table or a connected database, in that order. If no dynamic temp-table or database buffers exist in the session, it returns the unknown value (?).

Question 8

What does First-Child do?

Answer 8

The handle of the first widget created in the container widget or the current session.

Question 9

What does first column do?

Answer 9

A handle to the first column in a browse widget, regardless of the value of its Read-Only attribute or its Visible attribute.