External resources are files that are represented by Data
Structures or Reports. To add external resources in a Program, you
must specify their logical and physical characteristics and the way
they are to be used in the Program.
Procedure
- Open the -CD Lines tab of a Program.
- Insert a CD line by clicking Add CD Line. The following selection box opens up (see figure 1):
Figure 1. Selection of a Data Structure or a
Report
In this selection box, you can check one or more Data Structures
or Reports, or both. If a list is large, you can reduce it by entering
a string that is used as filter. The filtering is performed on the
code or on the label of the instance. Then, the list displays only
the instances whose code or label contains the string you entered.
- If the Data Structure or Report you want to call is displayed
in the selection box, click its corresponding check box and click OK.
Note: By
default, a Data Structure is inserted as a sequential file with fixed-length
records. It contains all of the Data Structure records, with the Data
Elements in internal format, without the optional Data Elements.
- If the Data Structure or Report that you want to call does not
exist yet, click New Data Structure or New
Report. In the creation wizard, enter the name and label of
the Report and click OK. The new instance is
then displayed in the selection list. If you select it and click OK,
it is called on a -CD Line.
- Complement the -CD line if necessary.
Note: The
possible actions with the buttons are also available in the contextual
menu of the tree.
- To insert a Data Structure in an existing Data Structure -CD line used
to specify a composite Data Structure, select this -CD line, or a
Data Structure call line that is nested under the -CD line. Click Add
Data Structure. :
In the selection
box that opens, select the instance that you want to call in the Program
and click OK.
If the instance does not
exist yet, click the New Data Structure. In
the creation wizard, enter the name and label of
the Data Structure and click OK. The new Data
Structure is then displayed in the selection list. If you select it
and click OK, it is called in the selected -CD
Lines.
- To insert a Report in an existing Report -CD line to
specify a composite Report, select this -CD line on the first level
of the tree, or a Report call line that is nested under the -CD line
(on the second level of the tree). Click Add Report.
In the selection box that opens, select the instance
that you want to call in the Program and click OK.
If
the instance does not exist yet, click the New Report.
In the creation wizard, enter the name and label of
the Report and click OK. The new Report is
then displayed in the selection list. If you select it and click OK,
it is called in the selected -CD Lines.
- To insert a Segment in a Data Structure already called
in the Program, select this Data Structure call line or a Segment
call line and click Add Segment.
In the selection box that opens, select the instance
that you want to call in the Program and click OK.
If
the instance does not exist yet, click the New Segment.
In the creation wizard that opens, enter the name and label of
the Segment and click OK. The new Segment is
then displayed in the selection list. If you select it and click OK,
it is nested in the selected Data Structure call line.:
What to do next
After the -CD Lines have been inserted, you can modify their
default characteristics in the sections that automatically open up,
depending on your selection:
- To change a Data Structure code in program, external
name, organization, describe its usage.
You must select a Data Structure CD line and modify the values that
are displayed in the -CD Line Definition (Data Structure) section.
Do not forget to click the More button to access
more specifications that are not displayed directly in the section.
- To specify whether all of the Data Structure Segments are to be
called in the CD line, you must select a Data Structure call line.
Then, you can modify the selection in the Data Structure
call section. From this section, you can also change the
called Data Structure and access the Data Structure tabs.
- To specify the Segment code in program,
you must select a Segment call line and enter this code in the Segment
call section. You can also access the Segment tabs
- To enter the characteristics of the Report called in the -CD Lines,
you must select a Report line. Then, you can modify the default values
displayed in the -CD Line Definition (Report) section.
- To change the suffix of a Report, you must
click the Report call line and enter this suffix in the Report
call section. From this section, you can also change the
called Report and access the Report tabs.