This view displays, in a read-only mode,
the design of the generated instance whose code is currently displayed
in the PDP COBOL
editor and selected.
To see the content of this view, you must have
generated a Program, Screen, or Server. Then, from the Design
Explorer view or the result view of a local or server
instance or reference search, open the generated file by right-clicking
it and selecting the PDP COBOL editor. For example, for a Program
generated file, select in the contextual
menu of the generated Program. The editor must remain opened and currently
selected.
The
design elements are constituted of the attributes and resources of
the instance. You do not modify them directly in the Design view
but in the design editors. You can right-click an attribute or a resource
in the Design view and select Open
editor in the contextual menu to open the appropriate
design editor.
As soon as you modify the design in the design
editor of the instance itself or of one of its called instances, the
modifications are visible in the Design view.
If you close the design editor without saving and if the instance
is not opened in another editor, the modifications are discarded in
the Design view.
Description of the view
This
view shows a hierarchical view of the design elements.
The Attributes category
contains the same information as the Definition tab
of the instance.
The other tree categories represent the Program resources:
- Input files, Output files, Input/Output files,
and Reports represent the external resources
of the Program. These categories contain the same information as the -CD
Lines tab.
- Working files and Working data represent
the internal resources that are called in the WORKING-STORAGE
SECTION.
- Macros displays the same information as
the -CP Lines tab.
This view contains a toolbar from which you
can
Generate the code (

). If you have updated the design of your Program,
Screen, or Server, the newly generated code integrates the changes
in the design, while keeping any specific changes entered in the code.
The design must be consistent. When the design of the instance is
modified, the generated COBOL can no longer be synchronized. In this
case, the color of the toolbar button that is used to generate changes
(

) to
indicate that
Generate is recommended due to modifications
in the design. Once the generation is complete, the synchronization
is restored and the toolbar button returns to its initial appearance.
Limit: The Undo and Redo functions
of the editor are no longer available after a generation. The pile
of changes to undo and redo is emptied after each generation. The
changes that are made before a generation cannot be undone with the Undo function.
To delete changes (including the generation) made before the generation,
you can exit the editor without saving or use the Revert
File function.