In this editor, you enter all the characteristics of a
Screen.
Note: To indicate work areas, you must use micropatterns
directly in the generated COBOL file.
You can simulate
a Screen to check the positions and characteristics of its fields
and labels as they will be displayed when the transaction is run.
From a Screen whose design editor is opened and selected, click one
of the following icons in the toolbar to open the simulation:
to see the simulation
with the color attributes that are indicated on the Definition tab
of the Screen.
to see
the simulation without the color attributes that are indicated on
the Definition tab of the Screen.
The colors are recognized in the internal emulator of the Software
Delivery Platform, which is the default emulator. It is displayed
in the
Screen Emulator view, which opens when
you click one of the two icons. The size of the simulation screen
in this view is automatically computed from the field positions that
are indicated in the Screen
-CE Lines tab.
Only the following sizes are possible: 24x80, 32x80, 43x80, and 27x132.
Simulation-related preferences are available from . With these preferences,
you can specify a listening port number and force the use of an external
emulator for the simulation.
If
you add a Data Element in the
-CE Lines or
change a presentation label, for example, you can see the modification
in the Screen emulator by clicking

or

again.
Note: You
can link the
Screen emulator view with the
current Screen by clicking

in
the view toolbar. The view or the emulator then listens to the modifications
in the
-CE Lines and display them simultaneously.