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Design Tools

You should have tools to design your database, menus, panels, and reports; for example, the CA 2E application generator and/or the CA 2E Toolkit utility design aids.

The CA 2E Toolkit utility design aids include interactive aids for specifying panel and report layouts, and for creating menus.

The CA 2E application generator includes interactive aids for data modeling, automatic panel and report painting, and for specifying processing.

For more information on using the CA 2E Toolkit utilities, refer to the Toolkit Reference Guide. For more information on an overview of the CA 2E Toolkit utilities, refer to the Toolkit Concepts Guide.

Designs

Prepared with

Printed with

Presented with

Menu designs

YWRKMNU

YDOCMNU

YGO

Panel designs
Y1

Y2

YWRKPNL
YEDTMDL-edtscr

YDOCPNL
YDOCMDLFU
N

YDSPPN

Rpt designs
Y1

Y2

YWRKRPT/EDTR
PT
YEDTMDL-edtrpt

YDOCRPT
YDOCMDLFU
N

n/a

File layouts
Y1

Y2

STRSEU/EDTSCR
YEDTMDL-edtrpt

YDOCF
YDOCMDLRE
L

n/a

Processing
Y1

Y2

EDTDOC
YEDTMDL-edtact

PRTDOC
YDOCFUN*

n/a

Designs

Prepared with

Printed with

Presented with

Text
Y1

Y2

EDTDOC
YEDTMDL-edtact

EDTDOC
YDOCMDL*

YDSPHLP

Diagrams
Y1

Y2

YWRKRPT/YEDTR
PT CA 2E GUI

YDOCRPT
CA 2E GUI

n/a

The CA 2E Toolkit panel design and menu utilities provide an interactive simulation of the system from the specification designs.

For more information, refer to the Prototyping section in the Toolkit Concepts Guide.