To generate the error messages or Copybooks of a Data Structure,
you must;
- Either right-click on an open location and select or . In the wizard which opens up, all the Data Structures present
in the location are selected by default. You can leave them all selected or
deselect some of them and fill in the other fields of the wizard (A contextual
help is available on this wizard). Click Finish.
- Or right-click on a given Data Structure. The rest of the operations are
identical, except that in the wizard, only this Data Structure is selected
by default.
To (re-)initialize the file which will contain the code of the
Macro, you must;
- Either right-click on an open location and select . In the selection wizard
which opens up, all the Macros present in the location are selected by default.
You can leave them all selected or deselect some of them Click Finish.
- Or right-click on a given Macro. In the selection wizard, only this Macro
is selected by default. Click Finish
This generation creates or re-initializes a
.cblgen file,
one for each selected Macro, in the
Navigator view. So,
go to the
Navigator view, right-click on a
.cblgen filet
and choose to access the '
Macrostructure tags
tree' view and the
.cblgen editor, in which
you will enter the Macro code. (A contextual help is available on this view
and editor).
To generate the design of a Program, you must right-click
on a given Program and select . A 'Progress information'
message box is displayed until the generation is complete. The generation
outputs a .cbl file, nested under the Program in the Design
explorer view. Right-click on it and choose to
access the Cobol editor and views which will enable you to work on the code.
(A contextual help is available on this editor and views)