Device Translation Table
A Device Translation Table is a Development Object that maps Uniface output to device-specific output formats for printers and character-based (CHUI) screens. It makes it possible for Uniface to support a wide variety of hardware platforms, including their output devices.
Characteristics
Characteristics |
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Object type code: |
dtb |
Main Development Object? |
No |
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Contains: |
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Specializations: |
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Compilation Output: |
DeviceTableName@LibraryName.dvc |
Specialization
Device Translation Table specializes Development Object in the following ways:
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It has a Library as parent object
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It has no child development objects
For Windows platforms, device translation tables are used for enhanced printing but not for the GUI.