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Establish Recognition Criteria

Now, you need to specify the recognition criteria CA Verify for VTAM will use to identify screens in this application. Use this criterion:

DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

Place your cursor on the first character of the field to select it, and then press PF9 to drag that field information into the Recognition Criteria panel. CA Verify for VTAM will do the work of figuring out the Row, Column, Length, Operator, and Value coordinates.

DEMO.DEMOPROG.001 ---------- RUN: EXPECTED SCREEN  ------------------------- ENTER COMMAND ===>                                        OUT RECORD:     11 TCA4049 - MOVE CURSOR TO IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA FIELD; PRESS "SELECT" KEY         ----+----|----+----|----+----|----+----|----+----|----+----|----+----|---+    |  XTCADEMO                CA VERIFY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM           02/19/   |                            CUSTOMER MASTER MAINTENANCE               11:4   |                               SALES PERSON INQUIRY                             4                                                                                |                         SALES PERSON: Ellen Jenkins                            |                                                                                |   NUMBER    CUSTOMER NAME         CITY     STATE    MAIN CONTACT    TOTAL   8                                                                             |  _ 9045  Allied Gene Splicing  San Antonio  TX  Geronimo Davis       112,   |                                                                             |  _ 2353  U. S. Tire Nozzles    Greenwich    CT  Alex Schnitzwattle 1,065,  12                                                                               |  _ 6028  3D Computer Graphics  N Hollywood  CA  Horatio Ivanowitz  2,331,   |                                                                                |                                                                               16                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                               20                                                                           

Action:

Position the cursor on the C in CA Verify Demonstration Program on the top line, and press PF9.

Result:

The Add Rule Actions¾Recognition Criteria screen will be displayed, with the recognition criteria information automatically entered, as shown next.

The ADD SUCCESSFUL message appears in the top right corner of the panel.

 ------------ ADD RULE ACTIONS - RECOGNITION CRITERIA--------ADD SUCCESSFUL  ENTER COMMAND ===>                                                                                                                                                RULE NAME: RUL00001          RULESET NAME:     TCADS.DEMO.DEMOPROG.001                                        TEST STREAM NAME: TCADS.DEMO.DEMOPROG.001                                                                                            RECOGNITION CRITERIA:                                                            ROW COL  LEN  OPER VALUE                                                         01  026  044  EQ   CA VERIFY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            F1-HELP    F2-PREVIEW    F3-END    F4-RETURN     F9-SELECT       

Action:

Press PF3 to return to the Add Rules¾Rule Actions panel.

Result:

CA Verify for VTAM displays the Add Rules¾Rule Actions panel.