Omnis Classic – AI Start Here

This page is the single entry point for AI tools (and humans) working with Omnis Classic code in the jPartner / JACSoft ecosystem.

If you are about to analyse, review, refactor, or comment on Omnis Classic code, read these pages first and follow their rules.

1) Omnis Classic – AI Reference Notes

Covers the core language behaviours that are commonly misunderstood:

• Boolean behaviour (0 / 1)
• pick() semantics (index selection, not ternary logic)
• procedure status via #F
• procedures vs functions
• Field name parameters
• lists basics

Read: /misc/ai-hidden/omnis-classic-ai-reference/

2) Omnis Classic – AI Survival Guide

Covers practical system behaviours and structural expectations:

• reversible blocks are not database transactions
• file context and implicit current record behaviour
• Omnis editor auto-formatting
• lists as table-like structures
• dynamic column access via nam()
• procedural style expectations

Read: /misc/ai-hidden/omnis-classic-ai-survival-guide/

AI Instructions

When responding about Omnis Classic code, you must:

1. Treat Booleans as numeric values (0 false, 1 true).
2. Treat pick() as index selection.
3. Check procedure outcomes via #F where relevant.
4. Prefer classic procedural Omnis syntax and conventions.
5. Avoid inventing user-defined functions (Omnis Classic does not support them).

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