Exercise 7.6: Creating new screens

Before you begin, you must complete Exercise 7.5: Creating groups from existing records.

To create a new record screen on the Design page you need to create a group that will create an empty page you can work with.

To create a new group:

  1. Right-click the new EMPL_SELCT group in the DDS tree.
  2. Click Insert group on the pop-up menu.

    A Group properties notebook appears and a blank Design page for the group SCREEN1 also appears.
    Group Properties and Design page

  3. Rename the group to EMPL_LIST and close the Group properties notebook.
  4. You can create things on the Design page by selecting the appropriate tool from the palette on the left-hand side and then click on the Design page where you want it to be created. Right now, most things are disabled in the palette because there is no record in which to create fields. The only two buttons available are Create standard record and Create subfile record. If you leave the mouse over a button for a second or two, flyover help will appear describing the indicated button.
    Create subfile record button
  5. Click the Create subfile record button and then click in the dark gray area.

    A subfile and a subfile control record pair are created.
    Subfile created

You have created a new record screen and you are ready to begin Exercise 7.7: Adding fields to the subfile record.