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Introduction
 
In This Guide
Querying and Reporting Tools at a Glance
Audience
What You Need to Know
Special Considerations
Query Language Used in this Guide
System-specific Text in This Guide
Terminology Used in this Guide
Syntax Conventions Used in this Guide
In This Guide
The Character-based Querying and Reporting Tools User Guide describes how to use the following forms-based tools:
• Tables Utility
• Query-By-Forms (QBF)
• Report-By-Forms (RBF)
• Visual Forms Editor (VIFRED)
• A terminal monitor (interactive query language facility)
• Report-Writer
The remaining forms‑based tools, Application-By-Forms (ABF) and Vision, are discussed in the Forms-based Application Development Tools User Guide.
Last modified date: 01/30/2023