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Create the Client GUI

Select the Window Design functionality in the Navigation Diagram tool and create the windows and dialogs for the client procedure steps. You can convert a procedure step into a window or dialog based on its views. In the Window Design tool, the conversion process is called transformation. You access transformation from the Window Selection pop-up.

The conversion can create a window or dialog that serves as a good starting place depending on the type of functionality provided by the procedure step. For example, a procedure step that performs only relatively simple processing, such as an add capability, in the terminal-based application converts very well. A procedure step associated with a selection list on a screen and with dialog flows does not transform as well. You may want to convert the client procedure steps and check the results. You can delete the ones that do not convert to your satisfaction and build those as required for the design of your user interface.