These preferences, titled PDP framework,
apply to the display in the Design and Generated
Code Structure views, and the Screen emulator.
- Parameterization of the Generated Code Structure
- The option Always open the Generated Code
Structure view when opening the PDP editor is
selected by default. The nodes view systematically opens each time
that you open the PDP editor, whatever the perspective. If this option
is not selected, the nodes view does not automatically open when you
open the PDP editor. So if you close this view in a perspective, it
will no longer be open in this perspective. To display it, you will
have to select if from .
The option Hide
nodes owning the property "hidden" is selected by default.
These nodes are created when the micropatterns that retrieve the parameterized
operators in Macros are expanded. These nodes are then hidden by default
in order not to clutter the nodes tree. However, you can display them
to detect problems, if any.
The option Display the
long labels of the nodes is selected by default. The nodes
view then systematically displays the titles of the generated and
specific functions and subfunctions. These titles are extracted from
the comment that precedes the function or subfunction, without any
irrelevant characters.
- Design view font
- You can select a character font in the list.
- Character to use to better visualize the need for regeneration
in the PDP Editor
- You can select a special character (> # ~ + !) in the list. The
default character is >.
This character indicates
that the generated COBOL code is not synchronized with its design.
It is displayed at two levels:
- The title of the PDP COBOL editor tab,
- The Design Explorer view, when you expand
the link between the design file and the generated file. The character
is displayed at the beginning of the generated file name, after the
icon.
If a desynchronization is detected, a new generation of
the instance is recommended.
- Screen Emulator
- These preferences apply to the Screen emulator that opens when
you click the
or
icon in
the toolbar of the Screen design editor.- You can indicate a specific listening port number in Port
number. You can then, for example, associate a port number
to a workspace. The default value is 8889.
- The Use external client option is not selected
by default. So, Screens are simulated through the internal emulator
of the Software Delivery Platform. However, if you select this option,
you can use an external client such as IBM® Personal
Communication. You must close and open Rational® Programming Patterns again
to take the new value of the preference into account.
In the internal
emulator of the Software Delivery Platform, you can select one of
the following sizes for the simulation screen: 24x80, 32x80, 43x80,
or 27x132.