Before you start a screen operations recording or a flow recording,
you should first decide how you want to provide screen descriptions for the
recording process. There are two options. You should use the option that best
fits your needs.
The two options are:
- Have the host editor during flow recording or during screen operations
recording automatically capture an application screen and create a screen
description for you whenever you need one during recording.
- Obtain all the screen descriptions that you will need before you start
recording. (However, if during recording you encounter a screen for which
you do not have a screen description, the host editor still gives you the
option of capturing that screen and continuing with recording. )
The rest of this topic describes these two options
in detail.
Important: Before you start recording, click
the
Reload Screen Descriptions icon

to load the most recent versions
of your screen descriptions into memory (see
Currently loaded screen descriptions).
Option 1: Have the host editor automatically capture an
application screen and create a screen description for you whenever you need
one during screen operations recording or flow recording.
Although
this is not the default option, this option makes the task of creating screen
descriptions much easier for you.
This option is appropriate when the
following two conditions are true:
- You do not have, within the screen messages displayed in the Messages folder
of your terminal application project, a screen description to match each application
screen that you will visit during the recording.
- You do not want to create screen messages manually (see Creating a screen message).
To select this option:
- On the top menu line of the workbench, click .
- In the left pane, expand Enterprise Service Tools and
select Service Flow Projects.
- In the right pane:
- Select the check box Automatically capture new screens.
- If you want to provide a name for each captured screen, rather than have
the host editor create a default name for you, then you should
clear the check box Do not prompt for name when automatically capturing
screens. Otherwise, select this check box.
- Click OK to close the Preferences window.
When you select the
Automatically capture new
screens check box, then during recording, each time that you navigate
to the next application screen, the host editor first attempts to find a screen
description that matches the currently displayed application screen (see
Currently loaded screen descriptions). If the host editor finds a matching
screen description, then it uses that screen description. If not, then:
- The host editor creates a new screen message.
- The host editor creates a default screen description for the currently
displayed application screen (using exactly the same process that occurs when
you manually create a screen description by clicking the Capture
Screen icon
) and adds the default screen description
to the new screen message (see Default screen description).
- The host editor obtains a name for the new screen description and screen.
Option 2: Obtain all the screen descriptions that you
need before you start recording
This is the default option in the
Preferences window. This option causes the host editor to pause recording
and prompt you if, during either screen operations recording or flow recording,
you navigate to an application screen for which the host editor cannot find
a matching screen description among the currently loaded screen descriptions.
The host editor opens the Screen Not Recognized window prompting you to select to automatically capture new screens,
to create a screen description for the current application screen, or to terminate
the recording (see Unrecognized application screen during recording).
This
option is appropriate when you already have, within the currently loaded screen
descriptions, a screen description to match all or most of the application
screens that you will visit during recording, and you want the host editor
to prompt you before automatically capturing a screen description.
To
select this option:
- On the top menu line of the workbench, click Window > Preferences.
- In the left pane, expand Enterprise Service Tools and
select Service Flow Projects.
- In the right pane, clear the check box Automatically capture
new screens.
- Click OK to close the Preferences window.