What Can You Include in a Procedure?

You can include the following items in a Maintain Data procedure:

• Maintain Data language commands. All Maintain Data commands must be located within a Maintain Data function, except for the MAINTAIN, MODULE, DESCRIBE, CASE, and END commands, as well as global DECLARE commands, all of which must be located outside of a function. In the Maintain Data Editor, commands are displayed in blue by default. For more information, see Command Reference.
• Comments. In the Maintain Data Editor, comments are displayed in green by default. For more information, see Adding Comments.
• Blank lines. Add blank lines to separate functions and other logic so that the procedure is easier to read.

If a Maintain Data procedure is a starting procedure (sometimes known as a root procedure), and it is not called by any other Maintain Data procedures, it can also contain Dialogue Manager commands preceding the MAINTAIN command. Dialogue Manager commands are described in the ibi™ WebFOCUS® Developing Reporting Applications guide.