This view displays, in a read-only mode,
the design of the generated instance whose code is currently displayed
in the PDP COBOL
editor and selected.
To see the content of this view, you must have
generated a Program, Screen, or Server. Then, from the Design
Explorer view or the result view of a local or server
instance or reference search, open the generated file by right-clicking
it and selecting the PDP COBOL editor. For example, for a Program
generated file, select in the contextual
menu of the generated Program. The editor must remain opened and currently
selected.
The
design elements are constituted of the attributes and resources of
the instance. You do not modify them directly in the Design view
but in the design editors. You can right-click an attribute or a resource
in the Design view and select Open
editor in the contextual menu to open the appropriate
design editor.
As soon as you modify the design in the design
editor of the instance itself or of one of its called instances, the
modifications are visible in the Design view.
If you close the design editor without saving and if the instance
is not opened in another editor, the modifications are discarded in
the Design view.
Description of the view
This
view shows a hierarchical view of the design elements.
The Attributes category
contains the same information as the Definition tab
of the instance.
The
Referenced Dialog contains
the same information as the tabs of the Dialog editor:
- Attributes contains the Dialog definition
(same information as the Definition tab).
- Common area contains the name and label of
the Data Structure selected as the common area (same information as
the Complement tab).
- Managed files contains the Segments and
Data Elements called in the Dialog (same information as the -CS
Lines tab).
- Macros displays the Macro calls of the
Dialog (same information as the -CP Lines tab).
All the other resources are related to the Screen:
- Attributes contains the Screen definition
(same information as the Definition tab). The Default
value displayed in the Attributes fields
means that the value is inherited from the Dialog.
- Map description displays the elements called
in the Screen map (same information as the -CE Lines tab).
- Managed files contains the Segments and
Data Elements called in the Screen (same information as the -CS
Lines tab).
- Macros displays the Macro calls of the
Screen (same information as the -CP Lines tab).
This view contains a toolbar from which you
can
Generate the code (

). If you have updated the design of a Program,
Screen, or Server, the newly generated code will integrate the changes
in the design, while keeping any specific changes in the code. The
design must be consistent. When the design of the instance is modified,
the generated COBOL can no longer be synchronized. In this case, the
color of the toolbar button that is used to generate changes (

) to
indicate that
Generate is recommended due to modifications
in the design. Once the generation is complete, the synchronization
is restored and the toolbar button returns to its initial appearance.
Note: The preference Structure
checking before generation management, which is available
from , checks that the nesting of subfunctions
in the COBOL code is correct before the generation. By default, it
blocks the generation if structuring errors are detected.
Limit: The Undo and Redo functions
of the editor are no longer available after a generation. The pile
of changes to undo and redo is emptied after each generation. The
changes that are made before a generation cannot be undone with the Undo function.
To delete changes (including the generation) made before the generation,
you can exit the editor without saving or use the Revert
File function.