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Action Bar

The activity selection area of each Main Menu screen is composed of an action bar containing six actions. Each action on the action bar is associated with a pulldown window.

Accessing the action bar

You access an item on the action bar in the activity selection area in one of three ways:

Any of these actions results in a pulldown window being opened.

    Add  Modify  Compile  Delete  Display  Switch
 ._____________________________________________________________________________.
 │                       │
 │  Copy from dialog     │CA ADS Online Dialog Compiler
 │    Name     ________  │
 │    Version     1      │CA, INC.
 │-----------------------│
 │  F3=Exit              │
 │_______________________│
    Dialog name . . . . . . .   JPKD1
    Dialog version  . . . . .      1
    Dictionary name . . . . .   TSTDICT
    Dictionary node . . . . .   ________

    Screen  . . . . . . . . .   1  1. General options
                                   2. Assign maps
                                   3. Assign database
                                   4. Assign records and tables
                                   5. Assign process modules



 Command ===>
 Enter  F1=Help  F3=Exit  F10=Action

Pulldown windows

There are six pulldown windows available from the action bar on the Main Menu screen.

Use this window...

To...

Add

Check the entity out to the current developer and (optionally) copy the definition of a currently existing entity.

Modify

Check the entity out to the current developer or release the entity.

List the checked-out entities.

Delete

Delete either the current changes (since the last compilation) or the entire entity.

A confirmation window is opened if the option is to delete the entire entity.

Compile

Store the definition in the data dictionary, create a load module, and present errors.

Display

Display summary information (entity size, when built, user-id, etc.).

Browse the entity.

View the runtime image of the entity (for maps only).

Switch

Use the transfer control facility (TCF) to transfer control to another CA IDMS/DC task (such as IDD, OLQ, etc.).

Each of the actions on the action bar is described below.

Leaving the window

Most actions listed in the pulldown windows require that the developer enter a menu choice or data, and press [Enter].

To leave a pulldown window without entering a number or data, the developer presses [PF3]