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Assign Autoflow Commands

Assigning a command as an autoflow command lets you indicate that a particular command causes an immediate exit state to be set and the associated dialog flow to be executed without screen field validation or the invocation of a procedure step action block. For example, it allows the user to exit a screen to return to a menu without entering required data on the current screen. Autoflow is not required for prototyping, but it does facilitate it.

When you define autoflows, CA Gen software lets you add an exit state to a dialog flow and assign an autoflow command to the exit state. If the dialog flow is a link and inputs to the source procedure step need to be saved, autoflow updates the data views in the user profile without verifying user inputs. Autoflow also performs the indicated view matching and activates the destination procedure step. The input data is always verified immediately before execution of the destination procedure step.

Note: As you assign commands as autoflow commands, you can also assign the same commands to function keys and have the command display with the function key assignment on the screen. These steps improve operation during prototyping.

Note: For information about the steps to add an autoflow, see the Toolset Help.