A Toolkit utility is provided, invoked by the Toolkit command Retrieve Panel Design (YRTVPNLDSN), which can create a Toolkit panel design from the Database Description Specifications (DDS) of an externally described display file.
If the display file contains many formats, the individual display file formats are combined by overlaying: by default, all formats from a given member will be overlaid; the order of precedence for overlaying being the order in which the formats appear in the DDS source. To override which formats are overlaid, and in which order the overlaying is done, an additional Toolkit command Define Panel Design (YDFNPNLDSN) is provided which can be used to direct how the displays are combined.
Comment statements containing the YDFNPNLDSN command can be placed in the display file DDS which is to be retrieved: each statement can name up to ten display file formats that are retrieved as a single design. See the respective command diagrams in the CA 2E Reference Guide for further details.
Note that the Retrieve Panel Design facility does not retrieve information about individual field names.
The utility can be used in particular to document existing application systems.
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