tcl.catalog

creates a 'verb' entry in the md of the current account, making the specified program executable directly from the TCL prompt.

If the cataloged program is a 'mainline' program (not a subroutine or function), it can be executed by issuing its program.name at the TCL prompt.

'file.reference' names the file containing the program to catalog. In AP, if no file is specified, it defaults to 'bp'.

'itemlist*' names the previously compiled Pick/BASIC program(s) to add to the master dictionary. If no itemlist* is specified, or if an asterisk (*) is used, all programs in the file are cataloged.

Once a program has been cataloged, it does not need to be cataloged again, even if it is changed and recompiled. (Issuing the catalog command from TCL is the same as using the <ctrl>+xc on a Pick/BASIC program in UP.)

If there is currently a cataloged program with the same name, it is overwritten.

All external subroutines must be cataloged.

Activating a cataloged Pick/BASIC program :

program.name {(options}

To activate a cataloged program, enter the program name at the TCL prompt character. All options available to the 'run' command are allowed.