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Table of Content

• Preface
• The MIDAS System
• Coding Standards for MIDAS
  • General structure
    • Release Directory Structure
    • File/extension names
  • Code Standards
    • General
    • Coding rules
      • C code
      • FORTRAN code
      • MIDAS procedures
    • Library references
    • Installation
    • Code Documentation
  • Documentation
    • Code headers
    • Help-file syntax
    • AAREADME and DESCRIPTION files
    • User manuals
• Standard Interfaces for Application Programs
  • Symbolic names
  • Access to the MIDAS Environment
    • Initialize and connect to the environment
    • Disconnect from the environment
  • Error Processing
    • Control exception and error handling
    • Signal an error from a subroutine
    • Display error message and abort
  • Keywords
    • Read value(s) from keyword area
    • Write value(s) to keyword area
    • Get information about keywords
    • Creating keywords
  • Text
    • Display text on terminal
    • Display text with special characters on terminal
  • Bulk Data Frames
    • Create a Bulk Data Frame on disk
    • Open a Bulk Data Frame
      • Access Mode
    • Close a Bulk Data Frame
    • Delete a Bulk Data Frame
    • Rename a Bulk Data Frame
    • Get information about a Bulk Data Frame
    • Map a Bulk Data Frame for reading and/or writing
    • Unmap a Bulk Data frame
    • Disk I/O for reading and/or writing data
  • Descriptors
    • Read descriptor value(s)
    • Write descriptor value(s)
    • Delete a descriptor
    • Get descriptor information
    • Copy a descriptor
  • Catalogues
    • Create a catalogue
    • Add/Subtract an entry to/from a catalogue
    • Get entries from a catalogue
    • List the contents of a catalogue
    • Find an entry in a catalogue
    • Get information about a catalogue
  • Images
    • Read image frame and standard descriptors
    • Create image frame and standard descriptors
• Table Interfaces
  • Table File Access
    • Create a new table
    • Open an existing table
  • Table Columns
    • Create one or more columns
    • Column labels and numbers
    • Delete a column
  • Table Elements, Arrays and Rows
    • Read and write a Table Element
    • Read and write Table Array Elements
    • Read and write a Table Row
  • Table Descriptors
  • Select a Table Subset
  • Sorting and Searching
  • Close a Table
• Graphics Interfaces
  • Introduction
  • Set up the graphics characteristics: graphics keywords
  • Open a device
  • Plot a coordinate box
  • Plot data
  • Plot text
  • Get the graphics cursor
  • Close the viewport
• Communication Interfaces
  • Connecting to a MIDAS server
  • Executing Commands
  • Accessing Keywords
  • Building a MIDAS Client Application
  • On-line MIDAS
• Integrating a MIDAS Application
  • Introduction
  • General Hints
    • Include files and the common block VMR
    • Fixed Keywords
    • Keywords OUTPUTI, OUTPUTR, OUTPUTC, OUTPUTD
    • Descriptor HISTORY
    • Descriptor LHCUTS
  • Table Rules
  • Error Handling
  • MIDAS Libraries
  • Integrating a MIDAS Application
    • Fortran example
    • C example
    • Running a MIDAS application
    • Debugging a MIDAS application
  • Integrating a MIDAS Context
• References
• Standard Interfaces
• Table Interfaces
• Graphics Interfaces
• Communication Interfaces
• Standard Descriptors and Column Names
  • Descriptors
    • Bulk Data Frames
    • Tables
  • Label Names of Columns
• Application Program Examples
  • Examples Using Image Data
    • An Application in FORTRAN
    • An Application in C
  • Examples Using Table Data
    • A Table Application in Fortran
    • A Table Application in C
  • Examples Using the Graphics Interfaces
    • A Fortran Application
    • A C Application Using Graphics Interfaces
  • Examples Using the Communication Interfaces
    • An interactive Midas client (written in C)
• MIDAS Help files
• Index
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