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Design Standard

The overall layout of the design is determined by the standard header/footer selected and the function type. Each device function is associated with a standard header/footer function of type Define Screen Format (DFNSCRFMT) or Define Report Format (DFNRPTFMT). These functions cannot stand-alone. You can only generate and compile the functions to which they are attached. These header/footer functions should only be defined on the CA 2E shipped file *Standard Header/Footer.

The standard header/footer functions specify a standard layout for device headers and footers. You can create your own version of these functions that you attach to the *Standard header/footer file using the Edit Functions panel and associate them with your device functions using the Edit Function Options panel for each device function. To create a new header/footer, you can copy and modify an existing one or add a new one.

When you define a new device function, a header/footer is automatically assigned to it according to defaults specified by your model values or settings on the header/footer functions.

For more information on standard header/footers, see the Standard Header/Footer topic later in this topic.