Defining Dialogs Using ADSC › Instructions For Defining Dialogs › Step 2: Define Dialog XXXDADD

Step 2: Define Dialog XXXDADD

You use the Main Menu screen to specify basic information about a dialog. A sample Main Menu screen is shown below:

Sample Main Menu Screen

      Add  Modify  Compile  Delete  Display  Switch
   .___________________________________________________________________________.

                           CA ADS Online Dialog Compiler

                       CA, Inc.



      Dialog name . . . . . . .   ________
      Dialog version  . . . . .   ____
      Dictionary name . . . . .   ________
      Dictionary node . . . . .   ________

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

             Copyright (C) 2003 CA, Inc.

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

Screen Prompts

When you define a skeleton dialog, you typically enter information after one or more of the following Main Menu screen prompts:

• Dialog name—You must specify the same dialog name that you specified when you used ADSA to define the associated dialog function.

  For example, when you define dialog XXXDADD, you must use the same name that you used when you defined the associated ADDDEP function in Chapter 8, "Defining an Application Structure Using ADSA".

• Dialog version—You must specify a version number, in the range 1 through 9999. The default version is 1.
• Dictionary name—You must specify the same dictionary (if any) as you specified for your application definition in Chapter 8, "Defining an Application Structure Using ADSA". The correct dictionary name may already be displayed.
• Dictionary node—You must specify the same dictionary node (if any) as you specified for your application definition. The correct dictionary node may already be displayed.

Defining XXXDADD Dialog

You can define the XXXDADD dialog on the Main Menu screen:

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   .___________________________________________________________________________.

                           CA ADS Online Dialog Compiler

                       CA, Inc.



      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

             Copyright (C) 2003 CA, Inc.

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

Adding the Dialog

To add the dialog, position the cursor on the Add item on the action bar and press ENTER. You can position the cursor on Add by:

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

     Add  Modify  Compile  Delete  Display  Switch
 ._____________________________________________________________________________.
 │                       │
 │  Copy from dialog     │A-ADS Dialog Compiler
 │    Name     ________  │
 │    Version     1      │ter Associates International, Inc.
 │-----------------------│
 │  F3=Exit              │
 │_______________________│
    Dialog name . . . . . . .   XXXAPPL_
    Dialog version  . . . . .      1
    Dictionary name . . . . .   DEMO____
    Dictionary node . . . . .   ________

Once you have displayed the Add action item, press [Enter] to add the dialog to the dictionary. After you press [Enter], the action is confirmed. If there is an error, an error message is displayed.