Screen Design Tasks

To build screens and templates, you add or copy screen objects. The following table shows the suggested sequence of tasks and the related subtasks that you can perform to create templates using the Screen Design tool.

Each of these topics is discussed under the corresponding heading.

Step	Task	Subtasks to Consider
1.	Open a New Template	Define the template name. In the Description field, define how and where this template is used throughout the business system.
2.	Add a literal	Determine whether to use defaults for properties. Add literal properties. Determine positioning.
3.	Add a special field	Determine whether to use defaults for properties. Add a prompt. Add prompt properties. Determine field display length. Add field display properties. Add error display properties. Determine fill character. Define edit pattern. Add Help ID. Determine positioning.
4.	Copy a literal	Determine positioning.

The following table lists the tasks to create screens step by step.

Step	Task	Subtasks to Consider
1.	Use a template in a screen	Delete any unwanted literals or special fields contained in template.
2.	Add a field	Define import view. Add a prompt. Add prompt properties. Determine field display length. Add field display properties. Add error display properties. Determine fill character. Define edit pattern. Add Help ID. Determine positioning.
3.	Add a literal	Determine whether to use defaults for properties. Add literal properties. Determine positioning.
4.	Add a special field	Determine whether to use defaults for properties. Add a prompt. Add prompt properties. Determine field display length. Add field display properties. Add error display properties. Determine fill character. Define edit pattern. Add Help ID. Determine positioning.
5.	Copy a literal or repeating group	Determine positioning.
6.	Describe a screen	Include descriptions of source and destination procedure steps.
7.	Specify screen properties	Define screen name (changing the name changes the name of the associated procedure step and action block). Define Help ID. Determine whether to enable scrolling. Define whether unused occurrences are protected or unprotected. Define top on display-first return. Describe screen.
8.	View in different display modes	None.
9.	Run prototyping	None.