Component | Description |
Frames | The basic operational units of applications. The user interacts with the application through forms and menus on frames. |
Procedures | Separate modules that perform specific operations. These are composed using 4GL, a host language code, or SQL. |
Tables | Database tables containing data on which the application operates. |
Reports | Data formatted for display or printing. |
Variables | Contain the data that the application manipulates. |
Constants | Named values global in scope for the application. |
Record Types | Named groupings of data that can be treated as a single component. Record types can be grouped into arrays. |