Overview tab
This tab displays the instance label in a read/write mode. It also displays information that is specific to the instance in a read-only mode and provides an access to the other tabs of the instance.
Description of the tab
Three sections are not tabs. They are displayed in the Overview tab only: Alerts and Action Items, General information, and Generation parameters definition (on some entities).All the other sections provide links to the corresponding editor tabs.
If information is displayed in a section, you can do one of the
following actions:
- Click the information if it is displayed as a link. You automatically switch to where the information is specified.
- Click More to switch to the corresponding tab.
The sections of the tab
- Alerts and Action Items
- Any problem that is related to the current instance is displayed in this section as a link. If you click this link, you automatically switch to the Problems view, where the line that corresponds to the error is highlighted. The error is explained and you can correct it.
The General information section
displays the following fields:
- Work context
- The work context is the project from which you open the editor of the current instance. This
project constitutes the starting point for the resolution of the dynamic links and references
between the instances of the various projects. The projects hierarchy that is declared in the design
build path is explored in an upward direction.
If you click Hierarchy, you can see a partial view of the design build path. In this view, the project that constitutes the work context is the lowest project of the hierarchy.
For more information, see The work context and The design build path.
- Name
- The instance name is displayed in read-only mode. It is entered when the instance is created, and it cannot be modified later.
- Label
- Enter the label that identifies the instance. It will constitute a search criterion upon a subsequent search.
- Generation parameters definition
- Generation parameters are specified in Libraries. These parameters are related to the adaptation
to the operating system in use.
The current instance is then associated with the generation parameters of the Library that is displayed here. You can click Change to select another Library.
The other sections of the Overview tab
display the information that is indicated in the corresponding tabs:
- The Definition section gives access to the Definition tab, where you indicate the generation target, the external name, the generation language and option. You can also indicate the specific error message file, if any.
- The Selection section gives access to the Selection tab, where you can select more precisely the instances that are associated with this Error message instance. By default, all the Segments of a Data Structure, all the Screens of a Dialog (standard or client) and all the Servers of a Server Dialog are selected.
- The Keywords section displays the keywords that are declared for the Error message.