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CA ADS Development Tools

ADSA, ADSC, MAPC, and the IDD menu facility all display definition screens to help you define application components. Prompts and default values are displayed whenever possible. When using definition screens, you can:

• Type specifications in fields on the screen.

  Specification fields typically precede or immediately follow prompts. For example, when naming an application on the ADSA Main Menu screen:

  Application name . . . .  xxxappl
                               ▲
                      You type the application name in the
                      specification field that follows the
                      Application name prompt.
  

  You enter these specifications when you press [Enter] or any valid PF key (such as [PF5]).

• Move the cursor from prompt to prompt by using the forward tab key, backward tab key, or return key. Additionally, you can use any of the cursor movement keys to move the cursor up, down, left, or right.
• Move from screen to screen by selecting an activity from the Main Menu or pressing a control key:
  • You can select an activity from the Main Menu.

    For example, on the ADSA Main Menu screen, you can select the Task Codes screen by entering 4 opposite the Screen prompt.

  • You can press a control key that is defined for use in the current development tool.

    For example, [PF5] is used to display the next screen in the definition process.

You can invoke a CA ADS development tool from CA IDMS/DC or DC/UCF or from another CA ADS development tool. You can exit from a development tool at any time. Invoking and exiting from development tools are discussed below.