Adding Process Logic to a Dialog › Adding Process Modules to Dialogs Using ADSC › Step 2: Specify Dialog Options

Step 2: Specify Dialog Options

You use the Options and Directives screen to specify options to help you develop and debug dialogs. A sample Options and Directives screen is shown below:

Sample Options and Directives Screen

                             Options and Directives

                         Dialog  XXXDADD   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

Screen Prompts

During development, you typically use the following Options and Directives screen prompts to enable options for the dialog:

• Symbol table is enabled—You can create a symbol table to detect, trace, and resolve programming errors in dialogs.

  The symbol table stores information about the dialog, such as record element names and internal line numbers for commands in process modules. This information allows the online debugger to track, set breakpoints in, and alter execution of a dialog.

  For more information on using the online debugger with CA ADS, see CA ADS Reference Guide.

• Diagnostic table is enabled—You can create a diagnostic table to help locate the causes for dialog abends during development.

  When a dialog abends, the dialog's diagnostic table allows the Dialog Abort Information screen to display the process command that was being executed when the abend occurred.

  >> For more information on diagnostic tables, see CA ADS Reference Guide.

When the application is ready for production use, you can disable dialog symbol and diagnostic tables and disable display of the Dialog Abort Information screen.

Specifying XXXDADD Options

To specify development options for dialog XXXDADD, display and use the Options and Directives screen. Enable the symbol table and diagnostic table.

                             Options and Directives

                         Dialog  XXXDADD   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

After you press [Enter], ADSC displays a confirming message on the Options and Directives screen to inform you that your specifications contain no errors.

You are now ready to add database information to the dialog definition. Return to the Main Menu by pressing [PF3].