the names of any already existing
screen interactions that can be played back to process the new application
screen.
.If there are no already existing screen interactions for the current application screen, then the list is empty.
| Mode of the host editor: | State of the host editor: | The host editor uses the procedure: |
|---|---|---|
| Screen operations mode | Recording a screen operations file | Yes |
| At other times | No | |
| Flow mode | Recording a flow | Yes |
| Playing back a flow | No | |
| At other times | Yes |
The procedure is as follows:
The host editor determines the screen operations file to be used:
If the host editor finds any screen operations that refer to the recognized
screen description, then the host editor adds the names of all these screen
interactions to the list beside the Play Screen Interaction icon
and enables the icon.
You can do one of the following actions:
See the following two subtopics for more information.
If you select an already existing screen interaction
from the list beside the Play Screen Interaction icon
in Step 5 of the procedure described in the main topic (see Finding screen interactions for the current application screen) and if you are recording a screen operations
file or recording a flow (see Table 1)
and if the sequence of actions is unique in the current context, then the
host editor creates a screen interaction containing the sequence of actions.
The details of this activity are described in the next subtopic (If you enter live input).
Also, if the screen interaction contains an incomplete Extract action or an incomplete Insert action (see Comparison of results: Flow recording and screen operations recording) then the host editor prompts you to select a variable for the Extract action or Insert action, in much the same way as when you create a new Extract action or Insert action during flow recording (see Recording Extract actions and Insert actions during flow recording).
in Step 5 of the
procedure described in the main topic (see Finding screen interactions for the current application screen)
and if the host editor is in flow mode and you are not recording
a flow (see Table 1)
and if the screen interaction contains an incomplete Extract action or an
incomplete Insert action (see Comparison of results: Flow recording and screen operations recording)
then the host editor does the following actions:The host editor performs the Input action and the AID key specified in the selected screen interaction.
If it is an Extract action, the host editor displays the text that was extracted from the fields of the current application screen.
If you enter live input (Input actions, Extract actions, Insert actions, and an AID key) in Step 5 of the procedure described in the main topic (see Finding screen interactions for the current application screen) and if you are recording a screen operations file or recording a flow (see Table 1) and if the sequence of actions is unique in the current context, then the host editor creates a screen interaction containing the sequence of actions.
If the host editor creates a new screen interaction, then the host editor stores the new screen interaction in the screen operation that references the recognized screen description. If no screen operation references the recognized screen description, then the host editor creates a screen operation, makes it reference the recognized screen description, and then adds the new screen interaction to it.