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Considerations

The following considerations should be noted when compiling dialogs for an application:

• If a dialog is defined as a function in ADSA, it must be defined in ADSC.
• If a dialog is associated with a task code, it must be defined as a mainline dialog.
• The associated map must be compiled before the dialog can be compiled.

ADSC defines a Fixed Dialog Block (FDB) for every dialog that is compiled successfully. The FDB is stored as a load module in the dictionary and is used by the CA ADS runtime system when the application is executed.