New message definition file wizard, COBOL file option, select the
structures to import reference material.
COBOL file
When you are using the
option COBOL file in the New message definition file
wizard to create a message definition, the following are the list
of panels you will be presented with:
Panel properties
- Source structures
- This field list the structures that are in the COBOL file that are available
to import into the message definition file that you are creating. Use this
field to select the structures you want to import and use the > button
to move them into the Imported structures field.
Use
the >> button to move all the structures listed into
the Imported structures field.
- Imported structures
- This fields lists all the structures that you have selected from the Source
structures field.
Select the check boxes for those structures
in the list to create as messages in the message definition file that you
are creating.
Use the < to remove selected
structures from the list or the << button to
remove all structures from the list.
- Prefix for imported structure names (optional)
- A prefix can be added to the names of all the imported global complex
types and groups created during the import. Adding a prefix can help to avoid
the possible duplication of names.