What value is the Uniface Meta Data to me?
The main use of Meta data is to allow you to create your own Uniface reports against your own source code. This allows you to see your source code in the way you desire versus the standard Uniface Repository Reports. Once the report is created, use Customization, System Lists to add the report and then Repository Reports, Personal Reports to execute it. While theoretically possible to use this Meta data to create your own forms to update the repository directly, this is definitely not recommended by Uniface as you could corrupt the internal consistency of the tables and lose source code in the process. NOTE: As Uniface uses the DICT application model for its own development, you may find code in your personal reports being inherited from the application model. This sometimes causes strange messages or compilation errors. When this occurs, turn on the listing option when compiling to find where the offending code exists and simply delete it from the application model.
