To add external resources, i.e. files represented by Data Structures
or Reports, you must specify their logical and physical characteristics as
well as the way they are to be used in the Program.
To add an external resource, you must:
- Open the -CD Lines tab of a Program. To do
so, select a Program in the Design explorer view of the Design perspective
and double-click on it or select Open in the popup
menu. Then access its -CD Lines tab from the Overview tab
or directly by clicking the -CD Lines tab.
- Insert a CD line by clicking the Add CD Line... button.
The following selection box opens up:
In this selection box, you can check one or more
Data Structures and/or Reports. If the Data Strcture or Report you want to
call:
- Is displayed in the selection box, just click on its corresponding checkbox
and click OK.
Note: By default, a Data Structure is
inserted as a sequential file with fixed-length records ; it contains all
of the Data Structure records, with the Data Elements in internal format,
without the optional Data Elements.
- does not exist yet, just click the New Data Structure or New
Report button. In the creation wizard which opens up, enter its name and label and
click OK. The new instance is then displayed in the
selection list. If you select it and click OK, it will
be called on a -CD Line.
- Complement the -CD line if necessary. To insert a:
- Data Structure in an existing Data Structure -CD line in order
to specify a composite Data Structure, select this -CD line on the first level
of the tree, or a Data Structure call line nested under the -CD line (on the
second level of the tree). Click the Add Data Structure button. In the selection box which opens up:
- Check the instance you want to call in the Program and click OK.
- Or, if you need to call an instance which does not exist yet, click the New
Data Structure button. In the creation wizard which opens up,
enter its name and label and
click OK. The new Data Structure will then be displayed
in the selection list. If you select it and click OK,
it will be called in the selected -CD Lines.
- Report in an existing Report -CD line in order to specify a
composite Report, select this -CD line on the first level of the tree, or
a Report call line nested under the -CD line (on the second level of the tree).
Click the Add Report button. In the
selection box which opens up:
- Check the instance you want to call in the Program and click OK.
- Or, if you need to call an instance which does not exist yet, click the New
Report button. In the creation wizard which opens up, enter its name and label and
click OK. The new Report will then be displayed in
the selection list. If you select it and click OK,
it will be called in the selected -CD Lines.
- Segment in a Data Structure already called in the Program, select
this Data Structure call line or a Segment call line and click the Add
Segment button. In the selection box which opens
up:
- Check the instance you want to call in the Program and click OK.
- Or, if you need to call an instance which does not exist yet, click the New
Segment button. In the creation wizard which opens up, enter its name and label and
click OK. The new Segment will then be displayed in
the selection list. If you select it and click OK,
it will be nested in the selected Data Structure call line.
After the -CD Lines have been inserted, you can modify their default
characteristics in the sections which automatically open up on the right-side
of the tab, depending on the selection in the left area:
- To change a Data Structure code in program, external
name, organization, describe its usage...,
you must select a Data Structure CD line and modify the values displayed in
the -CD Line Definition (Data Structure) section. Do
not forget to click the More... button to access more
specifications which are not displayed directly in the section.
- To specify whether all of the Data Structure Segments are to be called
in the CD line, you must select a Data Structure call line and modify the
selection in the Data Structure Call section. From
this section, you can also change the called Data Structure and access the
Data Structure tabs.
- To specify the Segment code in program, you must
select a Segment call line and enter this code in the Segment Call section.
You can also access the Segment tabs
- To enter the characteristics of the Report called in the -CD Lines, you
must select a Report line and modify the default values displayed in the -CD
Line Definition (Report) section.
- To change the suffix of a Report, you must click
the Report call line and enter this suffix in the Report
Call section. From this section, you can also change the called
Report and access the Report tabs.