| DESCRIPTION |
This option is like a brief data dictionary listing. Along with the
from one link to the next.
The fields global location is also listed. The $PIECE syntax is used
when the field is from a particular piece of a global node. The $EXTRACT
format is used when, like for MUMPS-type fields, the location is an
extracted portion of the entire node, say from character 1 to 245. For
computed fields, of course, there isn't a global location since these are
virtual fields that only perform calculations.
file and field names are the corresponding table and column names. It
also shows the field's type, like word-processing or set-of-codes. If
the field is a pointer, the pointed-to file/subfile number is shown. If
the field is within a subfile, the number of the parent file is shown.
In this way, all files and fields can be displayed at one level, without
the indentation needed with the usual hierarchical display format. But
to find out how files are linked, you may need to follow a long chain
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