Accessing and modifying the code of a Program, Screen, or Server
The Design view of a Program
This view displays the design of the generated
instance whose code is currently displayed with the PDP COBOL editor and selected.
You can modify this design in the view and generate the instance again
to take these modifications into account.
The Design view of a Screen
This view displays the design of the generated
instance whose code is currently displayed with the PDP COBOL editor and selected.
You can modify this design in the view and generate the instance again
to take these modifications into account.
PDP COBOL editor
The PDP COBOL
editor provides additional functions on top of the functions that
are provided by the standard COBOL editor. You can modify the COBOL
code while clearly seeing the origin of all the code lines (generated
lines, Macro lines, or specific code lines), the deleted or overwritten
lines, and the potential problems detected by the reconciliation.
Generated Code Structure view
This view displays a hierarchical tree that shows the generated
nodes of the Program, Screen, or Server. You can easily spot where
specific code was entered. Moreover, if you modified the design of
a Program, Screen, or Server that contains specific code, you must
consult this view after each new generation. This view shows whether
the reconciliation (which integrates the new design while keeping
the specific code) detected any potential problems.