Each language environment has an ENVIRONMENT statement in the Net.Data initialization file that contains information specific to that language environment. When you create a new language environment, you need to design an environment statement for the initialization file and document how users should add it to the initialization file.
The ENVIRONMENT statements specify information about the language environment that Net.Data requires to call and load the language environment DLL or shared library, such as the language environment name, the DLL or shared library name, and the list of parameters to be passed to the language environment for each function call.
Net.Data reads the configuration information when it is invoked, but does not load language environment DLLs or shared libraries until a FUNCTION block identifying that language environment is called from within the macro. The DLL remains loaded until Net.Data ends.
The following sections provide information about syntax, parameter descriptions, and examples that you can use in your documentation.