Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.6

Merging screen messages

Use the Merge Screens function to merge one or more source screen messages with a target screen message.

"Merging" can include replacing field names in the target screen message, overwriting blank fields in the target screen message, or adding screen descriptions to the list of screen descriptions in the target screen message.

To be candidate for merging, a source screen message:

The contents of a source screen message are not modified (but you can set an option to delete a source screen message after the merge).

To merge screen messages:

  1. Open the target screen message with the screen message editor (see Opening a screen message).

  2. Click anywhere in the editor area to make the editor area the active window.

  3. From the toolbar of the workbench select Screen Messages > Merge Screens. The Merge Screens wizard opens.

  4. On the first and only page of the Merge Screens wizard, titled File Chooser, the wizard displays in the left pane the names of the screen messages in the same terminal subproject that match the target screen message:
    1. To merge a source screen message with the target screen message, select the check box to the left of the source screen message
    2. Use the up-arrow and down-arrow buttons to change the order in which the source screen messages are merged with the target screen message.
    3. Select the merge operations that you want to occur:
      Note:
      Type of merge: Function:
      Merge field names The host editor compares each field name in the destination screen message with the corresponding field name in the source screen message:
      • If the source field name is different from the destination field name, then the host editor replaces the destination field name with the source field name.
      • The Overwrite non-default names check box controls whether a source field name is allowed to overwrite a non-default destination field name. A default field name, such as "Field162", is a field name that the service flow project tools automatically creates when the screen message is created, if no other name is specified (see Default field name).
      Merge field contents The host editor examines each field in the destination screen message. If the destination field is blank, then the host editor copies the contents of the corresponding source field into the destination field.
      Merge screen recognitions The host editor adds the screen descriptions in the source screen message to the group of screen descriptions in the destination screen message.
    4. Select Delete files upon merging to have the host editor delete the source screen messages after the merge is complete. Use this option cautiously, to avoid deleting screen messages that you might want to save.
    5. Click Finish to start the screen merge operation or Cancel to cancel it.

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