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module.exports = [
  { api: "defineDisplay", name: "display", file: "./mydisplay.json", config: {
    rrnFields: {
      sfl1: 'rrn1',
      sfl2: 'rrn2'
    }
  } },
  { api: "defineTable", name: "myfile", config: { read: true, keyed: true } },
  { api: "include", file: "myprototypes.js" },
  { name: "field1", config: { type: 'char', length: 10 } },
  { name: "field2", config: { type: 'char', length: 20 } }
]

Each entry would specify a definition api, such as “define”, “defineDisplay”, “defineTable”, “definePrinter”, “defineProc”, or “include”. If the api property is not specified, “define” is assumed. The entry can also specify the following:

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The “include” api brings in other definition files, which can export another array of definitions or provide Profound.js code to executethat defines fields, files, or procedures.

Benefits of external definitions

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