abnormal termination

The termination of the 4GL application through any mechanism other than exiting the MAIN program block at the END MAIN keywords or with a RETURN statement. A runtime error, pressing an Interrupt or Quit key, or executing the EXIT PROGRAM statement result in an abnormal termination. In the INFORMIX-4GL Interactive Debugger, you can inspect the application state after an abnormal termination. You cannot, however, resume execution.

See also debug, exception handling, MAIN program block, normal termination, program execution, resuming execution, suspending execution.