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Optionally display the map

Map XXXMAP will be displayed at runtime by dialogs that you define in the next chapter (Chapter 10, "Defining Dialogs Using ADSC"). To display the map before defining any dialogs, do either of the following:

• In MAPC, you can display the map on the MAPC Map Image screen. You will do this later in this manual, in Chapter 11, "Modifying a Map Using MAPC".
• From DC/UCF, where you are now, you can display the map by issuing a SHOWMAP command.

Both of the above methods allow you to see how the map will look to an user at runtime. For example, start-field characters are not displayed on the screen; bright fields are displayed in bright intensity on the screen.

Since you have exited from MAPC, you can display map XXXMAP directly from DC/UCF:

showmap xxxmap
                                                                [Enter]

 FUNCTION:
                            DEPARTMENT INFORMATION


 DEPARTMENT ID .......:                                                      
            NAME .....:                                                      
            HEAD ID ..:                                                      




 NEXT RESPONSE:             

Testing the Map

While displaying the map, test out how convenient the map is to use. For example:

• Try typing data into unprotected variable fields

  Variable fields on the displayed map do not display or store real data.

• Try pressing the tab key to advance the cursor from field to field.

When you press [Enter], you return to the DC/UCF display.