Document revision date: 15 July 2002

Tables
1-1	Manual Description
1-2	OpenVMS Programming Software
1-3	Compilers, Interpreters, and Assemblers
1-4	Other OpenVMS Program Development Utilities
1-5	Groups of OpenVMS Run-Time Library Routines
1-6	Groups of OpenVMS System Services
1-7	OpenVMS Utility Routines
2-1	Characteristics of Subprocesses and Detached Processes
2-2	Comparison of LIB$SPAWN, SYS$CREPRC, and C system : ( ,) Call Context Values
4-1	Routines and Commands for Controlling Processes and Kernel Threads
4-2	Process Identification
4-3	SYS$GETJPI Kernel Threads Item Codes
4-4	SYS$PROCESS_SCAN Kernel Threads Item Codes
4-5	Item-Specific Flags
4-6	Capabilities
4-7	SYSMAN Command: Class_Schedule
4-8	Class Name Qualifiers
4-9	Show Sub-Command Qualifiers
4-10	Time Manipulation System Services and Routines
4-11	Process Hibernation and Suspension
4-12	System Services and Routines Used for Hibernation and Suspension
6-1	OpenVMS Compilers
6-2	Usage Styles of Event Flags
6-3	Event Flag Routines and Services
6-4	Event Flags
7-1	Lock Manager Services
7-2	Lock Modes
7-3	Compatibility of Lock Modes
7-4	Legal QUECVT Conversions
7-5	Effect of Lock Conversion on Lock Value Block
8-1	AST System Services
8-2	System Services That Use ASTs
8-3	AST Arguments for VAX Systems and Alpha Systems
9-1	Summary of Exception Conditions
9-2	Architecture-Specific Hardware Exceptions
9-3	Exception Summary Argument Fields
9-4	Run-Time Library Condition-Handling Support Routines
9-5	Fields of a Condition Value
9-6	Severity of Error Conditions
9-7	Privilege Errors
9-8	Quota Errors
9-9	$CHFDEF Symbolic Names and Arguments on VAX Systems
9-10	$CHFDEF2 Symbolic Names and Arguments on Alpha Systems
9-11	Fields in the Alpha Mechanism Array
11-1	Contents of the General Descriptor Format
11-2	64-Bit System Services
11-3	Structures Used by_NEW_STARLET Prototypes
11-4	Functions with Dual Implementations
11-5	Functions Restricted to 32-Bit Pointers
11-6	Callbacks That Pass Only 32-Bit Pointers
12-1	Page and Byte Offset Within Pages on Alpha Systems
12-2	Sample Virtual Address Arrays on Alpha Systems
12-3	Flag Bits to Set for Specific Section Characteristics on Alpha Systems
13-1	Sample Virtual Address Arrays on VAX Systems
13-2	Flag Bits to Set for Specific Section Characteristics on VAX Systems
14-1	Overhead for Area Control Blocks
14-2	Possible Values for the Block Size Attribute
14-3	Attribute Values for the Default Zone
14-4	Allocation Algorithms
15-1	Aligned Data Sizes
16-1	Page Table Size Requirements
17-1	Main Headings in the Documentation Format for System Routines
17-2	General Rules of Syntax for Procedure Call Formats
17-3	Standard Data Types and Their Descriptor Field Symbols
17-4	Descriptor Classes of Passing Mechanisms
18-1	VAX Register Usage
18-2	Alpha Integer Registers
18-3	Alpha Floating-Point Registers
18-4	Contents of the Argument Information (AI) Register (Alpha only)
18-5	String-Passing Descriptors
20-1	OpenVMS System Access Modes
20-2	Severity Codes of Condition Value Returned
21-1	Structures Used by_NEW_STARLET Prototypes
22-1	SYS$INPUT and SYS$OUTPUT Values
22-2	Setting Video Attributes
23-1	Read and Write I/O Functions
23-2	Asynchronous Input/Output Services and Their Synchronous Versions
23-3	System Services for Translating Logical Names
23-4	Default Device Names for I/O Services
23-5	SYSGEN Buffer Object Parameters
24-1	System Service Access Routines
24-2	CLI Access Routines
24-3	Variable-Length Bit Field Routines
24-4	Integer and Floating-Point Routines
24-5	Queue Access Routines
24-6	Character String Routines
24-7	Miscellaneous Instruction Routines
24-8	Processwide Resource Allocation Routines
24-9	Performance Measurement Routines
24-10	The Code Argument in LIB$SHOW_TIMER and LIB$STAT_TIMER
24-11	Routines for Customizing Output
24-12	Miscellaneous Interface Routines
25-1	Cross-Reference Routines
27-1	Time Conversion Routines and System Services
27-2	Date/Time Manipulation Routines
27-3	Timer RTLs and System Services
27-4	Timer System Services
27-5	Available Languages for Date/Time Formatting
27-6	Format Mnemonics
27-7	Input String Punctuation and Defaults
27-8	Predefined Output Date Formats
27-9	Predefined Output Time Formats
27-10	Available Components for Specifying Formats at Compile Time
27-11	Legible Format Mnemonics
27-12	Sample Input Format Strings
30-1	Fields in an Event Report Block
30-2	Abort Reason Codes
30-3	XA Veneer Error Names
30-4	Input Flags for ax_bind_decdtm_2
31-1	Components of the VAX Privileged Library Vector
31-2	Components of the Alpha Privileged Library Vector
32-1	Using System Services to Manipulate Elements of the Rights Database
32-2	Returned Records of SYS$IDTOASC, SYS$FIND_HELD, and SYS$FIND_HOLDER
32-3	Item Code Symbols and Meanings
34-1	Logical Name Services and DCL Commands
34-2	Summary of Privileges
D-1	Generic Argument List Macros of the System Service Interface
E-1	OpenVMS Usage Data Type Entries
E-2	Ada Implementations
E-3	APL Implementations
E-4	BASIC Implementations
E-5	BLISS Implementations
E-6	C and C++ Implementations
E-7	COBOL Implementations
E-8	FORTRAN Implementations
E-9	Pascal Implementations
E-10	PL/I Implementations
E-11	VAX MACRO Implementations
E-12	RPG II Implementations
E-13	SCAN Implementations

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