A category is a group of consecutive Data Elements, Screen calls, and labels in the table. These elements can be positioned in any manner, according to the overall logic of the processing. You must specify the type, position, presentation and repetitions of the category.
To display the contents of this section, you must click Add category or select a category line in the table.
Each category can be defined only once in a given screen.
The presentation of the Screen is defined by the distribution of the Data Elements within the different categories
The distribution also gives the processing order of the Data Elements in the generated program (Screen-top Data Elements; the Data Elements from the repetitive section, as many times as they are repeated; and the Screen-bottom Data Elements).
Line overflow is automatically controlled.
If both the line and column numbers equal zero, the element is automatically moved to the next tabulation point available.
Any line length overflow and field overlapping are automatically detected. However, the presence of a space in front of each field is not verified.
If both the line and column numbers equal zero, the element is automatically moved to the next tabulation point available.
The values of the field correspond to the association between the Data Element and the presentation characteristics for these labels.
Value | Comment |
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Default value | Defaults to the value specified in the Dialog. |
F: Data Element only | The Data Element is displayed without any label. |
L: Data Element with long label, left-aligned | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, left-aligned, on 36 positions. |
M: Data Element with long label, right-aligned | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, right-aligned, on 36 positions. |
N: Data Element with long label, left-aligned, trimmed right | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, left-aligned with the deletion of blanks on the right. |
R: Data Element with long relational label, left-aligned | The Data Element is preceded by the relational label, left-aligned on 18 positions. |
S: Data Element with short label, left-aligned | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, left-aligned, on 18 positions. |
T: Data Element with short label, right-aligned | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, right-aligned, on 18 positions. |
U: Data Element with short label, left-aligned, trimmed right | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, left-aligned, with the deletion of blanks at the end of the string. |
1: Data Element topped by a single line column label | The Data Element is topped by the column label on one line. |
2: Data Element topped by a 2–line column label | The Data Element is topped by the column label on two lines. |
3: Data Element topped by a 3–line column label | The Data Element is topped by the column label on three lines. |