Dialog Overview tab
The Overview tab of a Dialog displays the label, in a read/write mode. It also displays the instance name, type of COBOL and map to generate, program external name, and transaction code in a read-only mode and provides access to the other tabs of the instance.
Description of the tab
Three sections are not tabs. They are displayed in the Overview tab only: Alerts and Action Items, General information, and Generation parameters definition (on some entities).All the other sections provide links to the corresponding editor tabs.
If information is displayed in a section, you can do one of the
following actions:
- Click the information if it is displayed as a link. You automatically switch to where the information is specified.
- Click More to switch to the corresponding tab.
The sections of the tab
- Alerts and Action Items
- Any problem that is related to the current instance is displayed in this section as a link. If you click this link, you automatically switch to the Problems view, where the line that corresponds to the error is highlighted. The error is explained and you can correct it.
The General information section
displays the following fields:
- Work context
- The work context is the project from which you open the editor of the current instance. This
project constitutes the starting point for the resolution of the dynamic links and references
between the instances of the various projects. The projects hierarchy that is declared in the design
build path is explored in an upward direction.
If you click Hierarchy, you can see a partial view of the design build path. In this view, the project that constitutes the work context is the lowest project of the hierarchy.
For more information, see The work context and The design build path.
- Name
- The instance name is displayed in read-only mode. It is entered when the instance is created, and it cannot be modified later.
- Label
- Enter the label that identifies the instance. It will constitute a search criterion upon a subsequent search.
- Generation parameters definition
- Generation parameters are specified in Libraries. These parameters are related to the adaptation
to the operating system in use.
The current instance is then associated with the generation parameters of the Library that is displayed here. You can click Change to select another Library.
The other sections of the tab display in a read-only mode
the information entered in the corresponding tabs and give access
to these tabs:
- The Definition displays the Type of COBOL and map to generate, Program external name, and Transaction code from the Definition tab of the Dialog. It also shows the Generated skeleton language, selected in the Definition tab of the Library where the Dialog is defined.
- The Complement gives access to the Complement tab. In this tab, you enter the physical characteristics of the error message file and all the additional information for the generation of an online program.
- The -CS Lines display how Segments are accessed for the processing that is associated with the Dialog.
- The -CP Lines display the Macro calls in the Dialog.
- The -G Lines gives access to the -G Lines tab, where you enter the comments, generation options and elements, and error messages of the Dialog.
- The Keywords display the Dialog keywords, if any.