You create an instance from the Design Explorer view.
Procedure
- In the Design Explorer view, open
a location (it must be represented by
) and right-click the location line, an entity line, or an
instance line.
- Select New, and the entity that
you want to create an instance from (for example: Data
Element or Program). This choice
opens a creation wizard. To create a Logical View or Table,
select and in the creation wizard, select Logical
View or Table in the Segment
type field.
- Enter the fields of this wizard.
- In the Program, Screen, Server, Data Structure, Dialog,
and Server Dialog creation wizard, a Create a derived entity check
box is available. Selecting it displays an <Entity to
derive> field, where you must enter a reference instance.
You can then create a derived instance. This instance will not contain
any design. It will include a link to the reference instance and a
link to the Library that contains the generation parameters.
Derivation
is available on Programs, Screens, Servers, Data Structures (for the
generation of the Copybooks and the error messages), Dialogs, and
Server Dialogs. You use the derived instance to generate the reference
instance from a different Library, without duplicating its design.
The generation parameters of the derived instance Library produce
a COBOL source different from the source that is generated from the
reference instance Library.
- If you select the Open editor on finish check
box, the instance editor automatically opens on the Overview tab.
From there, you can access the other tabs of the editor and specify
all the characteristics of the instance.
- Click Finish.
Results
The new instance is then displayed under the entity branch
in the location, alphabetically sorted among the instances already
present.