The editor features provided with Natural's Single Point of Development (SPoD) depend on the server you use with Natural Studio. This section indicates all server-specific editor features.
For details about the features mentioned in this section, refer to the appropriate sections in the Editors documentation.
- Field-sensitive maps
Field-sensitive maps are only available on a UNIX, an OpenVMS or a Windows server.
- GUI controls
GUI controls are only available on a Windows server and are not available for output maps (i.e., maps that are based on a
WRITEstatement).
Depending on the features used, the data area editor uses an internal source format to store the sources of data areas in the FUSER system file.
For details about the source format, see Source Format for Data Area Storage in the section Storing and Cataloging a Data Area in the Editors documentation for mainframes, UNIX or OpenVMS.
- Adabas command procedures
Adabas command procedures are only available on a mainframe server.
- DL/I
DL/I-specific features are only available on a mainframe server.
- VSAM
VSAM-specific features only available on a mainframe server.
- XML
XML-specific features are only available on a UNIX, an OpenVMS or a Windows server.
- User databases
User-specific databases can only be defined on a mainframe server.