Exercise 7.14: Compiling your source changes and closing the Designer

Before you begin, you must complete Exercise 7.13: Switching between designing and editing the screen.

Now you will compile the source on the iSeries just as you did in the Remote Systems LPEX Editor and then close the Designer.

To compile your source:

  1. Click File > Save from the Designer menu to save your source to the iSeries.
  2. Click Tools > Compile from the Designer menu and then click No prompt (or click the compile Compile button button on the CODE Designer toolbar).
  3. A message indicates when the compile is complete. Click OK in the Message dialog. If you re-compile and run the payroll program, you will see the 4 digit year change you made to the opening screen of the program.

To close the Designer:

  1. Click File > Exit from the Designer menu.

Now you are ready to review your knowledge of this module by taking the quiz. You can also apply what you have learned in this module by completing the practice tasks detailed in More practice.

Quiz

  1. There is a graphical design tool that let's you design your screens and reports visually and then generate the DDS source for you. This tool is named:
    1. Page Designer
    2. CODE Designer
    3. Screen Design Aid
    4. None of the above
  2. Match the item with its correct description.
    1. Utility notebook
    2. Design page
    3. Properties notebook
    4. Group
    1. Contains several different tabbed pages
    2. For visually designing screens
    3. A collection of one or more DDS records that make up a single screen or report
    4. Access properties of a field, record, or entire file
  3. The Utility notebook contains:
    1. Selected DDS page
    2. Error List page
    3. Web Settings page
    4. Comments page
    5. All of the above
  4. On the Design page, you can easily:
    1. Create DDS objects
    2. Edit DDS objects
    3. Resize DDS objects
    4. Move DDS objects
    5. Create records
    6. Create fields
    7. Create constants
    8. All of the above
  5. Grouping records together allows you to work on one record while still seeing the related records in the background. (T, F)
  6. The Properties notebook is modeless. When you change an object's properties, the selected object changes immediately. (T, F)
  7. The DDS source is checked using the same verifier that the LPEX Editor or CODE Editor uses. (T, F)
  8. You can switch between design mode and edit mode in CODE Designer. (T F)
  9. You can compile source on the iSeries just as you do in the LPEX Editor. (T, F)

More practice

Given your experience in using the CODE Designer from the Remote Systems view, try creating a printer report. You can use the physical file specification REFMST in member QDDSSRC in library RSELABXX. Take time to explore the fields and information for this physical file. You may want to refer back to the exercises in this module as you create your report. When you are familiar with the file REFMST, you can create your printer file. Use the product online help to assist you in this task.

Module recap

You have completed Module 7. Designing screens. You have learned how to:

You have learned about various aspects of the CODE Designer while modifying a display file and now can learn more about the product and how it is packaged. This is an optional module. Continue to Module 8. Introducing the product and Remote System Explorer (optional).