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<refentry id="panda_dbopen">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>panda_dbopen</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
<refname>panda_dbopen</refname>
<refpurpose>prepare the Panda internal database for use</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
 #include&amp;lt;panda/constants.h&amp;gt;
 #include&amp;lt;panda/functions.h&amp;gt;
 void panda_dbopen(panda_pdf *document);

</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>&lt;command&gt;PANDA INTERNAL&lt;/command&gt;. This command opens the TDB database which is used to store information about things like dictionary items which have been created in the document. The use of this database makes Panda much more reliable than it has previously been.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>RETURNS</title>
<para>Nothing</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>EXAMPLE</title>
<programlisting>
 There is no examples for this internal call
</programlisting>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>panda_dbclose, panda_dbwrite, panda_dbread</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
    <title>VERSION</title>
    <para>
This documentation was generated for <command>Panda</command> 0.5.2 by <command>autodocbook</command> (http://www.stillhq.com).
    </para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
    <para>
<command>Panda</command> is under development by Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com). All code is Copyright Michael Still 2000 - 2003,  and is released under the GNU GPL. Code submissions are welcomed. Contact Michael at the address above if you have something you would like to contribute.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
    <title>BUGS</title>
    <para>
There  are no known bugs in <command>Panda</command>. If you find one, please contact mikal@stillhq.com and let me know.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
