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Step 3: Define Dialog Options

You use the Options and Directives screen to specify options to help you develop and debug dialogs. In this chapter, you use the Options and Directives screen to add a symbol table and a diagnostic table to dialog XXXDUPD. These tables are often useful when debugging dialogs.

You can display and use the Options and Directives screen as shown: The diagnostic table is enabled by default. Enable the symbol table.

                             Options and Directives                          Dialog  XXXDUPD   Version     1    Message prefix  . . . . . . . . . . .   DC    Autostatus record . . . . . . . . . .   ADSO-STAT-DEF-REC    Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      1    Options and directives  . . . . . .   _ Mainline dialog                                          / Symbol table is enabled                                          / Diagnostic table is enabled                                          / Entry point is premap                                          _ COBOL moves are enabled                                          / Activity logging                                          / Retrieval locks are kept                                          / Autostatus is enabled  Enter  F1=Help  F3=Exit  F4=Prev  F5=Next

[Enter]

After you press [Enter], the Options and Directives screen displays the following message to inform you that your specifications contain no errors:

INPUT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED

For more information on the Options and Directives screen, see "Step 2: Specify Dialog Options".