TCF Selection Screen

The Selection Screen lists and allows you to select options that are currently available to you under TCF. Use the Selection Screen to perform any of the following operations.

View your list of suspended development tool sessions
Specify a dictionary or database name to be passed between development tools
Initiate a new development tool session
Resume a suspended development tool session
Return control to the DC/UCF system

Transferring to the Selection Screen

You can transfer to the Selection Screen at any time while under TCF. The Selection Screen lists the task codes of all available development tools. Additionally, the Selection Screen displays an up-to-date list of your suspended development tool sessions each time you transfer to the Selection Screen. The Selection Screen can display identifiers for up to 13 suspended development tool sessions.

Note: When you have 13 suspended sessions, TCF automatically transfers control to the Selection Screen after you suspend each additional development tool session. A message on the Selection Screen informs you that your list is full, and that the suspended session's identifier has not been added to the list. To resume the additional suspended session, invoke a new session of the tool and specify the name of the definition being created in the suspended session.

Sample Selection Screen

The Selection Screen allows you to transfer control to a new development tool session, a suspended development tool session, or back to the DC/UCF system. The following screen depicts a sample Selection Screen: Options available from the Selection Screen are described in the table that follows. Sample identifiers made up of the session's task code and descriptor are shown.

                                    CA, Inc.
TRANSFER CONTROL FACILITY               *** SELECTION SCREEN ***



_ SUSPEND TCF SESSION   (PF9)           DBNAME..:           DBNODE..:
_ TERMINATE TCF SESSION (PF3)           DICTNAME: DEMO      DICTNODE:

         *TCF TASKCODES*                           *SUSPENDED SESSIONS*
SELECT ONE TO START A NEW SESSION          SELECT ONE TO RESUME AN OLD SESSION
                                                TASKCODE        DESCRIPTOR
_ TCF                                           _ ADSAT        EMPINFO 001
_ ADSCT      DIALOG COMPILER                    _ ADSCT        MODEMP  0001
_ ADSAT      APPLICATION COMPILER               _ ADSCT        EMPLIST 0001
_ ASFT       AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FACILITY          _ MAPCT        EMPMAP  0001
_ IDDMT      IDD MENU MODE                      _ IDDT
_ IDDT       IDD COMMAND MODE
_ MAPCT      MAP DEFINITION
_ OCFT       ONLINE COMMAND FACILITY
_ OLQT       OLQ COMMAND MODE
_ SCHEMAT    SCHEMA COMPILER
_ SSCT       SUBSCHEMA COMPILER
_ SYSGENT    SYSGEN COMPILER

TCF Selection Screen Options

Option	Field	Description
Exit from TCF	SUSPEND TCF SESSION (PF9)	Returns control to DC/UCF. Saves your list of suspended development tool sessions.
	TERMINATE TCF SESSION (PF3)	Returns control to DC/UCF. Clears your list of suspended development tool sessions.
	USAGE: Select either exit option in one of the following ways: Type a nonblank character in front of either field. For example, type an 'x' to select SUSPEND TCF SESSION as shown in the following code: x SUSPEND TCF SESSION (PF9) Press the associated function key. For example, press PF9 to select SUSPEND TCF SESSION.
Specify a database or dictionary name	DBNAME	Names the database (if any) that you have most recently specified.
	DBNODE	Names the database node (if any) that you have most recently specified.
	DICTNAME	Names the dictionary (if any) that you have most recently specified.
	DICTNODE	Names the dictionary node (if any) that you have most recently specified.
	USAGE: Displays and allows you to specify the database or dictionary name to be passed between development tools. For example, specify the DEMO dictionary as shown in the following code: DICTNAME: demo DICTNODE: You also can specify database or dictionary values in either of the following locations: A development tool DC/UCF (using a DCUF command)
Start a new development tool session	TCF	Task code for TCF Selection Screen
	ADSCT	Task code for ADSC
	ADSAT	Task code for ADSA
	ASFT	Task code for ASF
	IDDMT	Task code for IDD menu facility
	IDDT	Task code for online IDD
	MAPCT	Task code for MAPC
	OCFT	Task code for online command facility
	OLQT	Task code for OLQ
	SCHEMAT	Task code for online schema compiler
	SSCT	Task code for online subschema compiler
	SYSGENT	Task code for system generation compiler
	USAGE: Request a new development tool session by typing a nonblank character in front of its task code. For example, select online IDD from the Selection Screen by typing an 'x' as shown in the following code: x IDDT IDD COMMAND MODE
Resume a suspended development tool session	TASKCODE	Lists the task code for each session in your list of suspended sessions. For example, the task code for ADSC (such as ADSCT) is listed for each of your suspended ADSC sessions.
	DESCRIPTOR	List descriptors for your suspended ADSA, ADSC, and MAPC sessions. A descriptor is created from the name and version number of the entity being defined in the suspended session.
	USAGE: Displays your list of suspended development tool sessions by task code (and by descriptor when appropriate). Resume a suspended session by typing a nonblank character in front of the session identifier. For example, resume a suspended ADSC session by typing an 'x' as shown in the following code: x ADSCT EMPLIST 0001 In the preceding example, the suspended ADSC session defines the EMPLIST dialog.

Note: A different task code may be defined for use under TCF at your site.