-G Lines
This tab contains three subtabs. In the -GC Lines, you enter comments on the Program. In the -GO Lines, you specify the generation options of the Program. In the -GE Lines, you indicate explicit error messages for the errors that are detected by specific controls.
-GC Lines
These lines are used for documentation purposes. You can write or edit text in relation to the selected instance. You can write, modify, move, or delete text lines by using the standard word-processing functions.
- Click Add or select this action in the contextual menu to add a comment line or an alias for a Segment. Then, click in the Type column to select the line type to be inserted. Enter the comment or the alias in the Description field.
- Click Add an Input Aid call or select this action in the contextual menu to insert
an Input Aid call. A selection box opens. It displays the available
Input Aids that have a C: Comments type. Select one of them and click OK.
The variable labels and the symbolic values that are indicated in the selected Input Aid -D Lines tab are then displayed in the Description column, in a read-only mode. The Input Aid name is displayed in the Input Aid column.
If you click the Input Aid name in the Input Aid column, a button is displayed. Click it to see all the Input Aid description lines in a detail window. In this window, you can modify the variable labels and the symbolic values.Note: The length of a variable label cannot exceed the length that is defined in the Input Aid -D Lines tab.
- Error
- This column displays a dot on all the existing description lines
that are not empty.
Moreover, if this line is not correct, this column also displays an error or warning symbol, depending on the severity of the error. A hover help indicates the source of the error.
- Type
- You can select one of the following values:
- No value or * to insert a standard documentation line,
- A on a Segment only, to insert an alias for the Segment name.
This column displays a value I on all the Input Aid insertions. This value cannot be selected directly.
- Description
- This column can be entered or not according to the inserted line
type:
- If you inserted a comment or an alias line, you must move your
cursor to this column and enter the required information:
- On a line without any line type or with a * line type, enter a free comment. You can use the standard word-processing shortcuts to copy, paste, and delete text content in the comment lines. Double-clicking a word selects the word.
- On an A line type, enter the Segment COBOL name.
- If you inserted an Input Aid call line, the variable labels and the symbolic values that are indicated in the selected Input Aid -D Lines tab are displayed.
- If you inserted a comment or an alias line, you must move your
cursor to this column and enter the required information:
- Input Aid
- This column contains the name of a called Input Aid. If you click the button that is displayed when you click in this column, you can see the Input Aid description in a detail window. In this window, you can modify the variable labels and symbolic values.
-GO Lines
In these lines, you enter the generation options of the Program.
- Click Add or select this action in the contextual menu to indicate a generation option. Click in the Type column and select the O line type, then enter the generation option in the Description column. You can also add a comment line.
- Click Add an Input Aid call or select this action in the contextual menu to insert
an Input Aid call. A selection box opens. It displays the available
Input Aids that have an O:
Generation options type. Select one of them and click OK.
The variable labels and the symbolic values that are indicated in the selected Input Aid -D Lines tab are then displayed in the Description column, in a read-only mode. The Input Aid name is displayed in the Input Aid column.
If you click the Input Aid name in the Input Aid column, a button is displayed. Click it to see all the Input Aid description lines in a detail window. In this window, you can modify the variable labels and the symbolic values.Note: The length of a variable label cannot exceed the length that is defined in the Input Aid -D Lines tab.
- Error
- This column displays a dot on all the existing description lines
that are not empty.
Moreover, if this line is not correct, this column also displays an error or warning symbol, depending on the severity of the error. A hover help indicates the source of the error.
- Type
- You can select one of the following values:
- O: Generation option line,
- *: Line to insert a comment or an override. It will not be generated.
This column displays a value I on all the Input Aid insertions. This value cannot be selected directly.
- Description
- This column must contain the following information:
- If you inserted an O type line, you must
enter the option name followed by the equals sign (=)
and the option name. To activate an option, enter OPTION=YES (OPTION is
the option code). You can specify options to request the following actions:
- Modify the date transformation function. Date transformation is managed by default in the F9520 function. However, if this subfunction contains specific code lines, you must change its number to prevent overriding these lines. To do so, you must enter DATPRO=ffss, where ffss is the chosen function-subfunction.
- Break drown the generated dates into elementary fields by entering BREAKDATE=YES (or inhibit it by entering BREAKDATE=NO if it was set to YES at the Library level).
- Request a multirow option on Segments by entering MULTIROW=ssss,xxx, where ssss is a Segment and xxx is the maximum index.
- If you inserted a * type line, you must enter the comment.
- If you inserted an Input Aid call line, the variable labels and the symbolic values that are indicated in the selected Input Aid -D Lines tab are displayed.
- If you inserted an O type line, you must
enter the option name followed by the equals sign (=)
and the option name. To activate an option, enter OPTION=YES (OPTION is
the option code).
- Input Aid
- This column contains the name of a called Input Aid. If you click the button that is displayed when you click in this column, you can see the Input Aid description in a detail window. In this window, you can modify the variable labels and symbolic values.