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Prototype Online Dialogs

CA Gen includes a prototyping feature that enables you to demonstrate online dialog flows without building action diagrams or generating code or databases.

Define the following items to prototype online dialog flows:

• Procedure steps to be prototyped (except for the action diagram)
• Display for each procedure step
• Dialog flows connecting the procedure steps
• Autoflows and associated exit states for each dialog flow to be prototyped
• Assignments for each command for which an autoflow specified

To initiate prototyping, select Prototyping from the Design pull-down menu in the main CA Gen window. The displays are displayed in the same manner as when using the Display command from Display design; the prototype user cannot enter any variable data into the display.

The function keys associated with the autoflows can be used to move from display to display based on dialog flows. This lets you review the behavior of an online conversation without building detailed procedure logic.