-GC Lines
In this tab, you can enter comments.
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.Note: The width of the Description column is limited to 60 characters. To see the whole of an Input Aid call that exceeds 60 characters, hover over the column content. The whole call is then displayed in a tooltip.
- 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.