Now you are going to build a data part for your visual part. The fields (columns) in a single row of a relational database table are described in a VAGen record.
The parts palette is refreshed to show all the parts of the VAGen Parts category.
The Add Part window, shown in Figure 98, is displayed. You can enter a part name (in this case, a record name) or use an existing VisualAge Generator record by selecting from the drop-down list. For this exercise, you will enter a record name.
The CUSTOMER record is now on your free-form surface and ready to be defined. This name can be the same or different from the table name in the relational database.
A context menu is displayed.
The New Part Application window is displayed.
The CUSTOMER record is displayed in the Record Editor. This is the same record defined in Chapter 11, "Defining an SQL record". If you have already completed that section, this record is already defined, except for the data item descriptions.