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Editing the Default Device Design

The Device Design Editor has a number of facilities to enable you to quickly design a more compact, understandable panel. Many of these facilities involve the use of function keys and are generally dependent on the position of the cursor when the function key is pressed. The device design is updated as you make each modification.

The following table shows some of the function keys available for editing your device design. Most of these will be illustrated in this and other topics in the tutorial. To learn about additional features of the Device Design Editor, refer to the Help text or the CA 2E manual Building Applications.

Function Key

Action

F1

Moves the device design 40 columns to the left

F2

Animates the device design using CA 2E Toolkit prototyping facilities

F4

Moves the device design 40 columns to the right

F5

Displays the Edit Screen Format Details for the format on which the cursor is positioned

F7

Displays the Edit Screen Format Relations panel when the cursor is positioned on the first subfile record

F8

Selects a field to be moved (cut) and moves the selected field after the field on which the cursor is positioned (paste)

F9

Moves the field on which the cursor is located and all fields to its right to the next line

F10

Adds a space before the field on which the cursor is positioned; in other words, moves text one column to the right

F15

Moves device design to the left margin

F16

Moves device design to the right margin

F17

Displays a list of device formats

F18

Displays the Edit Screen Field Attributes panel for the field on which the cursor is positioned

F19

Adds a function field to the device design

F20

Edits a function field on the device design

F22

Removes a space before the field on which the cursor is positioned; in other words, moves text one column to the left