This view displays the results of the reference search requested
for the instance currently selected in the 'Design explorer' view.
This search was requested via the contextual menu of the selected instance.
The search follows the composition links of the instance. Depending
on your request, you will see the instances which reference the current instance
(its super references) or the instances which are referenced by the current
instance (its sub references).
Example: If
you search for a Program's sub references, you will see the Data Structure,
if any, and then the Segments called in the Program, and the Data Elements
called in these Segments. Since a Program always calls the generation parameters
of a Library, you will also this Library.
Example: If you search for a Data Element's super references, you will
see all the Segments which call this Data Element, the corresponding Data
Structures, and the Programs in which those Data Structures/Segments are called.
If
you select an instance in the reference list and right-click,
you can:
- Open its editor.
- Search for its own super or sub references, which will then be displayed
in the 'References' view.
This view contains a toolbar on the upper right-hand corner. Clicking
on its buttons enables you to:
- Cancel the current search (
icon).
- View the previous reference searches (
icon).
Click on the arrow next to the icon to display the previous searches (10 maximum
but you can change this number in the window you open by selecting the History choice).- If you select a previous search, its result will be displayed in the
view.
- If you select the History choice, you open a window
which shows the 10 previous searches. In this window, you can select a previous
search to view its results or remove it from the history, or configure the
number the previous searches displayed in the history.
- If you select Clear History, all the previous searches
will be removed from the history.
- Switch from the super references to the sub references of the current
instance (
icon),
- Switch from the sub references to the super references of the current
instance (
icon).
- Modify the way the instances are shown in the 'References' view. Click
the white upside-down triangle icon and select:
- Sort to specify a new sort criterion: by name,
package or project.
- Display to specify a new display criterion: by
package, project, label or relation.
Note: The relation is the name of the
link between the source instance and the target instance. If this link occurs
more than once (eg: if a Program calls the same Segment several times), the
occurs number is displayed in parentheses, right after the relation name.
This new setting will then automatically be saved and associated with
the 'References' view, until you change it again.