This module teaches you about the various aspects of the CODE Designer
while modifying a display file to add a screen. You will step through
each part of the CODE Designer tool interface and update some DDS as
well. In the workbench, in the Remote System Explorer perspective you
will use the connection that you used in the module before.
In this module, you will:
- Open a DDS member for edit with CODE Designer
- Show file-level keywords and record keywords
- View the details of records, record-level keywords and field-level
keywords
- View the design of the payroll application main menu
- Create a group from an existing record format
- Create a new group and add a subfile record and a subfile control record
- Add columns to the subfile record
- Add fields to the subfile control record
- Copy existing fields
- Set indicators to handle field errors
- View and update record and field properties
- View keywords and the properties of a keyword
- Insert a keyword
- View help for a keyword
- Check there are no semantic errors in the DDS source
- View help for an error
- Launch the editor in read mode from the error list
- Launch the editor in write mode to fix the error
- Find a keyword in the source
- Save source changes
- Compile your source changes
- Close the Designer
Exercises
The exercises within this module must be completed in order:
Time required
This module will take approximately 30 minutes to
complete.
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