CA 2E Quick Tour › Analysis and Design › Prototyping an Application

Prototyping an Application

You can test the feasibility of your design by building a prototype. The Toolkit prototyping facilities let you interactively present a simulated system design. End‑users can preview the prototyped system at a workstation.

Toolkit prototyping includes the following benefits:

• Realistic display attributes
• Specification of sample data values for fields
• Function key and value-dependent branching between panels
• Direct attachment of panels to Toolkit or CL menus
• No compilation
• Link with CA 2E that lets you return to CA 2E after prototyping

The prototyping facilities use the following Toolkit commands:

• Display Panel Design (YDSPPNL) displays prototype panel values and sets up sample data.
• Work with Menus (YWRKMNU) creates menus to display prototype panels.

  Note: Specify the YDSPPNL command as the menu action, with the desired Toolkit panel design as the option.

• Go to Menu (YGO) displays menus.

The following references provide additional information:

• For Toolkit commands, see the Toolkit Reference Guide.
• For details about Toolkit prototyping, see the Design Aids chapter in the Toolkit Concepts Guide.