Exercise 7.1: Opening a DDS member in the Remote Systems view

Using an editor to create and maintain DDS source for your display, printer and physical files can be a frustrating and difficult task. What would be great is a graphical design tool that let's you design your screens and reports visually and then generate the DDS source for you. Well, that's exactly what CODE Designer does for you.

CODE Designer helps the novice DDS programmer create screens, reports and databases quickly and easily without worrying about the details of the DDS language, while at the same time letting the expert DDS programmer get access to all the features and power of the language.

Note:
Make sure MSTDSP is closed from the previous LPEX Editor exercises.

To open a DDS file member from the Remote Systems view:

  1. Expand the Library List filter if it is not already expanded.
  2. Expand the QDDSSRC file in library RSELABXX.
    Edit using Code Designer
  3. Right-click the MSTDSP member.
  4. Click Open with > CODE Designer on the pop-up menu.

    The member MSTDSP will be downloaded to the workstation and loaded into CODE Designer. CODE Designer is a separate tool not integrated into the workbench.

You have opened the DDS source member MSTDSP in the Remote Systems view using CODE Designer and you are ready to begin Exercise 7.2: Viewing the DDS tree.