Programmer Utilities › Introduction › Overview › Edit Aids › Source Conversion Commands › Converting DDS Command Key Usage

Converting DDS Command Key Usage

The Toolkit utility Convert DDS Command Key Usage (YCVTDDSCKY) can help you to convert your existing DDS to conform to SAA standards. The utility converts DDS source for display files. The utility includes the following features:

• Command key usage is mapped according to the values you specify in a table. For instance you could specify that CF01 should be mapped to CF03, CF03 to CF01. The resulting indicator to be set when the command key is pressed is not changed, so the programs which used the display file will not need altering.
• Mapping of a given key may be fixed - to a specified command key - for example, CF01 to CF03, or variable - to use the first available unused command key.
• As an optional feature you may specify that an attempt be made to convert the command key explanation text, also according to the table, for example, from CMD: 1-Exit to F3= Exit.
• You may also specify that text leaders be converted to SAA standards: any instances of dot leaders (‘...:’) will then be converted to the SAA standard (‘. . :’).

The actual mapping is specified by a table which you may edit using an interactive program invoked by the Toolkit command Edit Command Key Conversion Table (YEDTCKYTBL).

Refer to the respective command diagrams for information about the table values, and for examples of converted source.

The following diagram represents the use of DDS conversion utilities.