Defining Dialogs Using ADSC › Instructions For Defining Dialogs › Step 4: Create the XXXDADD Dialog Load Module

Step 4: Create the XXXDADD Dialog Load Module

When you compile a dialog, ADSC creates a load module that incorporates all of your specifications. You compile a dialog by selecting the Compile activity from the action bar on the Main Menu screen.

Compiling the Dialog

You compile the XXXDADD dialog as shown:

    Add  Modify  Compile  Delete  Display  Switch
 ._____________________________________________________________________________.
              │                         │
              │  1  1. Compile          │ log Compiler
              │     2. Display messages │
              │-------------------------│ nternational, Inc.
              │ F3=Exit                 │
              │_________________________│

    Dialog name . . . . . . .   XXXDADD
    Dialog version  . . . . .      1
    Dictionary name . . . . .   DEMO
    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

To compile the application, position the cursor on the Compile item on the action bar and press ENTER. You can position the cursor on Compile by:

• Tabbing to Compile and pressing [Enter]
• Pressing [PF10] to move to the action bar and then tabbing to Compile and pressing [Enter]
• Typing compile on the command line and pressing [Enter]

Once you have displayed the Compile action item, press [Enter] to compile the dialog.

After you press [Enter] to compile the dialog, ADSC displays a message to indicate whether the dialog was compiled successfully.

A confirming message is displayed on the Main Menu screen if the dialog was compiled successfully.

If the dialog could not be compiled, a different message, depending on the nature of the error condition, is displayed. In this case, read the message to determine the problem. After correcting all indicated problems, compile the dialog again.

After you successfully compile the XXXDADD dialog, you can define and compile dialog XXXDUPD as described below.