Step 3: Name the records

Defining a Screen Display Using MAPC › Instructions › Step 3: Name the records

Step 3: Name the records

The Associated Records screen is used to enter the schema or work records to be used by the map, and optionally specifies role names for records.

The auto paint feature is invoked from this screen. The auto paint feature automatically paints the map based on the elements you select.

You access the Associated Records screen from the Main Menu by entering the number 3 next to the Screen prompt and pressing [Enter].

Add Modify Compile Delete Display Switch _____________________________________________________________________________. CA IDMS/DC Online Map Compiler CA, Inc. Map name . . . . . . . . XXXMAP__ Map version . . . . . . 1 Dictionary name . . . . DEMO____ Dictionary node . . . . ________ Screen . . . . . . . . . 3 1. General options 2. Map-Level help text definition 3. Associated records 4. Layout 5. Field definition Copyright (C) 1999 CA, Inc. Command ===> Enter F1=Help F3=Exit F10=Action

Sample Associated Records Screen

Associated Records Page 1 of 1 Map name: XXXMAP Version: 1 Record name Version Role name Drop (/) 1 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 2 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 3 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 4 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 5 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 6 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 7 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ F1=Help F3=Exit F4=Prev F5=Next F6=Preview F7=Bkwd F8=Fwd F9=Autopaint

Screen Prompts

On the Associated Records screen, you name the records that will be used on the map:

Record name— You associate existing database and work records with the map by naming the records in the lines below the Record name prompt.
Associating a record with a map allows the map to display and store data for that record. Records associated with maps sometimes are referred to as map records to indicate that the records define data used by the map.

Records contain record elements, which define data. In relational terminology, a record is a data table that contains columns defining data to be stored. An example of a record is the DEPARTMENT database record. One of the elements in the DEPARTMENT record is DEPT-NAME-0410. This element stores department names. The layout of the sample DEPARTMENT record is provided in num=C.Layout Of the DEPARTMENT Record.
Version— You type the version number of the record below the Version prompt.
For example, the demonstration database at your site might have a few different versions of the DEPARTMENT record, each reserved for specific testing or development purposes. In this case, each different version of the record has a unique version number (for example: 1, 2, or 100). To ensure that MAPC uses the correct version of the record, you specify the record version number along with the record name.

Records Associated with XXXMAP

The following table lists the records you will associate with map XXXMAP.

Record	Purpose
DEPARTMENT Version: 1 *	A database record in the demonstration database. DEPARTMENT includes elements for department ID number, department name, and the employee ID of the department head.
ADSO-APPLICATION-GLOBAL- RECORD Version: 1	A special CA ADS record that contains information about the application at runtime. For example, this record includes a record element that at runtime contains the name of the currently executing function.
* A different version of the DEPARTMENT record may be provided for use at your site.

Record

Purpose

DEPARTMENT

Version: 1 *

A database record in the demonstration database. DEPARTMENT includes elements for department ID number, department name, and the employee ID of the department head.

ADSO-APPLICATION-GLOBAL-

RECORD

Version: 1

A special CA ADS record that contains information about the application at runtime. For example, this record includes a record element that at runtime contains the name of the currently executing function.

* A different version of the DEPARTMENT record may be provided

for use at your site.

Associating Records with XXXMAP

Associated Records Page 1 of 1 Map name: XXXMAP Version: 1 Record name Version Role name Drop (/) 1 department______________________ 1 _______ .ct _________________________ _ 2 adso-application-global-record__ 1 _______ .ct _________________________ _ 3 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 4 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 5 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 6 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ 7 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ DC366601 Map options processed successfully F1=Help F3=Exit F4=Prev F5=Next F6=Preview F7=Bkwd F8=Fwd F9=Autopaint

After you have entered the names of the records on the Associated Records screen, press [PF9] to use the auto paint facility to create the map.