1 DATATRIEVE

  DEC DATATRIEVE is a data management tool for defining,
  storing, updating, and displaying data. It provides
  interactive and program-callable access to data, a report
  writing facility, a graphics capability, screen formatting
  support, and distributed access on a network connected by
  DECnet. To invoke the default DEC DATATRIEVE image enter:

	$ DATATRIEVE

  Enter:

	$ DATATRIEVE/VARIANT=xx

  to invoke other DEC DATATRIEVE images that are installed on
  your system, where xx is the suffix appended to the image
  name. See the "DCL-command" help subtopic for additional
  information on the DATATRIEVE DCL command.

2 Release_Notes

  Release notes for DEC DATATRIEVE are contained in the
  file:

	$ SYS$HELP:DTR*.RELEASE_NOTES

  You can type or print this file to read the release note
  information.

2 UETP

  DEC DATATRIEVE User Environment Test Packages (UETPs) have
  been provided and can be run after the installation is
  complete. They are invoked from DEC DATATRIEVE as follows:

    DTR> @sys$common:[systest.dtr]dtr     ! General test
    DTR> @sys$common:[systest.dtr]plots   ! Plots test
    DTR> @sys$common:[systest.dtr]dbms    ! DBMS test
    DTR> @sys$common:[systest.dtr]rdb     ! Rdb test
    DTR> @sys$common:[systest.dtr]forms   ! Forms test

2 DCL_command

  You can invoke DEC DATATRIEVE from DCL command level with the 
  DATATRIEVE DCL command. The DCL DATATRIEVE command lets
  you specify options to customize your DEC DATATRIEVE session. 

  You can abbreviate the DCL DATATRIEVE command to the
  shortest form that is unique among other DCL commands.  

  The DATATRIEVE command has the following format:

    DATATRIEVE  [qualifier [...]]  ["dtr-command-string"]

3 Qualifiers

  The optional qualifiers to the DATATRIEVE command include
  the following:

  /INTERFACE

	/INTERFACE = {DECWINDOWS}
		     {CHARACTER_CELL}

  Specifies the display interface to be used by DEC DATATRIEVE. 
  If your default environment is the command-line
  interface, then CHARACTER_CELL is the default. If your
  system is properly defined to invoke the DEC DATATRIEVE
  interface to DECwindows Motif, the default is DECWINDOWS. This
  qualifier overrides the setting specified by the
  DTR$NOWINDOWS logical.

  /DEBUG

	/[NO]DEBUG

  Specifies whether DEC DATATRIEVE should display special debug
  messages. The default is NODEBUG.

  /NO CDD

  Specifies whether DEC DATATRIEVE should attach to Oracle CDD/Repository
  or use textfile-based dictionary only. When this qualifier is missing,
  the DEC DATATRIEVE behaviour depends on the equivalent string of
  the logical name DTR$ENVIRONMENT: if the equivalent string contains
  /NOCDD , no attachment to Oracle CDD/Repository occurs.
  If DTR$ENVIRONMENT is not defined, the DEC DATATRIEVE behaviour depends
  on the configuration selected at installation time.
  If Oracle CDD/Repository is linked to DEC DATATRIEVE at installation time
  its use can dynamically be disabled using the DATATRIEVE SET NO CDD
  command, which switches to the textfile-based dictionary .  

  /VARIANT

	/VARIANT = image-suffix

  Indicates the 1- to 26- character suffix applied to a
  DEC DATATRIEVE image upon installation to uniquely identify
  that image. This qualifier is needed only if you invoke
  a DEC DATATRIEVE image that was not selected as the default
  image at installation time. The DATATRIEVE command in the
  following example invokes DTR32FMS.EXE:

  $ DATATRIEVE/VARIANT=FMS

  If you want to run DTR32.EXE, and it is not the default
  image on your system, use the /VARIANT qualifier alone, as
  in the following example:

  $ DATATRIEVE/VARIANT

3 dtr_command_string

  The DCL DATATRIEVE command can take a DATATRIEVE command
  or statement as an argument. This allows you to execute a
  DATATRIEVE command, statement, or procedure without
  entering interactive DEC DATATRIEVE. If the
  dtr-command-string contains more than one word, it must be
  placed in quotation marks.

  For example, to invoke the DEC DATATRIEVE procedure REPORT
  which is located in CDD$TOP.JOB, you would enter

    DATATRIEVE "EXECUTE CDD$TOP.JOB.REPORT" 

2 Motif_Interface

  DECwindows Motif provides DEC DATATRIEVE users with an easy way
  to execute command procedures, to open and close log
  sessions, to navigate through and set dictionaries, to
  set other DEC DATATRIEVE setup parameters, and to display
  information on certain DEC DATATRIEVE sources.

  To invoke DEC DATATRIEVE with the DECwindows Motif interface, use
  the following command:

          $ DATATRIEVE/INTERFACE=DECWINDOWS

  This qualifier overrides the setting specified by the
  DTR$NOWINDOWS logical.

2 Client_for_Windows

  DEC DATATRIEVE Client for Windows is a Windows application
  which provides a user-friendly graphical interface, on
  Personal Computers running Microsoft Windows, for performing
  DEC DATATRIEVE operations on a connected server.

  DEC DATATRIEVE Client for Windows is layered on and requires
  the DEC DATATRIEVE Version 7.0 or later software which contains the
  Extended Client-Server API and takes care of the client-server
  connection and communications.