This tab is common to the Dialog and its constituting Screens. It enables you to specify the presentation characteristics of the Screens and the default values of the Screen attributes. The values chosen at the Dialog level become the default values of the Screens and are marked as 'Inherited' on the Screen Definition tab. Inappropriate default values can be overridden at the Screen level.
Value | Meaning |
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Default | Value of the Generated Language field in the Library Definition tab. |
N | No generation |
X | IBM MVS COBOL II, IBM VSE COBOL II |
0 | IBM MVS COBOL/VS |
1 | IBM VSE COBOL/VS |
3 | MICROFOCUS COBOL, IBM AIX-OS/2-WINDOWS/NT COBOL |
4 | BULL GCOS7 COBOL |
5 | BULL GCOS8 COBOL |
6 | BULL GCOS8 COBOL, TP8 Screens |
8 | UNISYS A-SERIES COBOL |
F | TANDEM COBOL |
I | DEC/VAX VMS COBOL |
K | ICL 2900 COBOL |
O | IBM AS/400 COBOL |
Q | ACU COBOL |
R | TUXEDO COBOL |
U | UNISYS 2200–SERIES COBOL |
Values | Meaning |
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Default | Retrieval of default value |
N | No generation |
0 | Variants 0, 1, X for CICS (IBM) (programs and BMS maps). Variant 2 for IBM 36, monochrome map. Variant 3 for PC/MICROFOCUS (MS/DOS). Variants 4, 5, 6 for QUESTAR. Variant 7 for VPLUS. Variant 8 for UNISYS A-Series SDF format. Variant I for DEC/VAX. Variant M for GCOS6-DTF-DFC-Vision. Variant Q for UNIX, Windows (ACUCOBOL). Variant U for UNISYS 2200 (programs and FLDP maps). Variant Y for IBM 38. Variant O for AS 400. |
1 | Variants 0, X for IMS (IBM) (programs and MFS maps). Variant 2 for IBM 36, color map. Variant 3 for PC/MICROFOCUS (OS2). Variants 4, 5, 6 for VIP TYPE. |
2 | Variants 0, 1, X for CICS (IBM), BMS color map Variant 3 for MICROFOCUS (UNIX). |
3 | Variants 0, X for IMS (IBM), MFS map in color. |
4 | Variants 0, X for IMS (IBM) monitor. Variant 3 for IBM VISUALAGE COBOL Program. |
5 | Variants 0, X for CICS (IBM) monitor. |
C | Variants 4, 5, 6, U for MULTI-TERMINAL. Variants 0, 1, X for CICS MULTI-TERMINAL. Variant K for ICL. Variant 8 for UNISYS A-Series Logical Screen. |
F | Variant 4 for TDS FORMS (BULL GCOS7). Variant M for DM6 TP FORMS. Variant R for 'TPSVRINIT service' type Program or 'TPSVRDONE service' type Program. |
R | Variant F for 'REQUESTER' type Program. or variant R for 'CLIENT' type Program. |
S | Variant F for 'SERVER' type Program. or variant R for 'SERVICE' type Program. |
At the Screen level, it is used to override the selection made at the Dialog level.
Value | Comment |
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Default value | Defaults to the value specified in the Dialog. |
F: Data Element only | |
L: Data Element with long label, left-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, left-justified, on 36 positions. |
M: Data Element with long label, right-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, right-justified, on 36 positions. |
N: Data Element with long label, left-justified, trimmed right | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, left-justified with suppression of blanks on the right. |
R: Data Element with long relational label, left-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the relational label, left-justified on 18 positions. |
S: Data Element with short label, left-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, left-justified, on 18 positions. |
T: Data Element with short label, right-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, right-justified, on 18 positions. |
U: Data Element with short label, left-justified, trimmed right | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, left-justified, with suppression of blanks on the right. |
1: Data Element topped by a single line column label | |
2: Data Element topped by a 2–line column label | |
3: Data Element topped by a 3–line column label |
For CICS, you indicate the MAPSET name.
For IMS, you indicate the FORMAT name.
For TANDEM, you indicate the name of the associated SERVER for an R-type Screen (REQUESTER).
The format (number of lines and number of columns) specifies the overall dimensions of the Screen.
When Screen 'X' calls Screen 'Y', the size taken by Screen 'Y' is the size specified on its Definition tab. The relative positioning of the Data Element immediately following the called Screen therefore depends on the format of the called Screen.
It is used to automatically position the Data Elements on the screen. The tabulation points are the invisible points on the screen, which divide each line into equal parts.
Each Data Element for which no absolute positioning is indicated will automatically be positioned on the next available tabulation point.
This initial value will be positioned in the program associated with the Screen.
It is recommended to reserve this character for field help.
The documentation request will be automatically taken into account by the generated program.
The character for documentation request at the Data Element level is taken into account.The documentation request will automatically be recognized by the generated program when the user places the cursor on a Data Element and presses the PFkey.
You select here the intensity attributes for five types of fields: Label, Display, Entry, Error message, and Error Field.
You select here the presentation attributes for five types of fields: Label, Display, Entry, Error message, and Error Field.
You select here the color attributes for five types of fields: Label, Display, Entry, Error message, and Error Field.