The purpose of this tab is to identify the fields which
constitute the Screen. Each field has a position and a length. Some
fields may contain data.
The elements which constitute the Screen layout are presented
here in a tree and may be grouped inside three categories (top, repettive
and bottom categories).
There are two major types of fields
in a Screen:
- Fields with fixed contents. These are generally labels, which
are directly associated with variable fields and usually specify the
contents of that field.
- Fields with variable contents, which are either unprotected (input
fields) or protected (display fields). These correspond to Data Elements
described and processed in the program associated with the Screen
layout.
You can also call an existing Screen in order to integrate
its description into the current Screen.
The -CE Lines tab looks like this:

It is constituted of three different parts:
- On the left, a tree which displays all the elements which constitute
the Screen:
- Fields, which can be protected, variable, or protected and received
(
icon).Each field call line contains one or more nested
lines which display the information specified in the additional
controls for the selected field section (
icon). Click on the + symbol
located at the beginning of the field call line to see it. Each nested
line shows, in their display order in the section, the values selected
for these additional controls (the one-character values
which correspond to the VA Pac choices, displayed in the first position
of the items in the dropdown lists). Dashes separate each value. If
the default value (which corresponds to a blank value in VA Pac) has
been selected for a control, a blank is displayed in the line.
- Labels, which can be fixed labels, Data Element labels, or Screen
titles (
icon).
- Screen call (
icon).
Each call line displays the type and name of the element.
These
elements may belong to one of the three categories (

icon). Each category can be defined only once in a given
Screen:
- The heading of the Screen (Screen-top category).
- The repetitive section of the Screen (repetitive category),
- The bottom of the Screen (Screen-bottom category).
All the elements called before the repetitive category
implicitly belong to the top category, even if the category line is
not displayed. All the elements called after a category line belong
to this category.
- In the center part, buttons which enable you to add fields to
your Screen, remove existing ones or move them up/down.
- On the right, sections which open up depending on your selection
in the left area. If you select a:
- Label line, the Label Definition section
opens up.
- Category line, the Category Definition section
opens up.
- Screen call line, the Screen Call Definition section
opens up.
- Field line, the Field Definition section
opens up.
- Line nested inside a field line, the Additional controls
for the selected field section opens up.