Part of SWAT Framework's handle format is the table ID, namely, the first 3 digits portion, which has the function to specify which table contains the corresponding record.
All the table metadata is stored in the table definition table, zTable in it4main.To make use of the handle system, the application's tables need to be registered in the framework.
For that.
The pasoe config-xml contains a field in which the name of the XML-File is specified. This XML file contains a record for each table.
To create/update this File, the Akioma/Swat/Util/buildTableDefinitionFile.p procedure has been implemented to register the tables of a given database.
The procedure accepts 4 parameters:
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