23. Sample 4GL Application : Employee Application
 
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Employee Application
The following figure shows the Employee application:
The frames have the following functions:
Topframe is the top menu frame.
The Employees frame lets users update the Employees table and the Employee_histories table in a master/detail format.
The Positions frame lets users update the Positions table.
The Descriptions frame lets users view the information held in the description field and import the information from or export it to an ASCII file on disk.
The sections below provide the following information about each of the frames:
The form for the frame
A brief discussion of the 4GL statements and coding techniques that the frame illustrates
The full 4GL source code
The application also uses a 4GL procedure called Confirm. A separate section below describes this procedure.