Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.6

Setting overall preferences for service flow projects

To set overall preferences for service flow projects, open the Service Flow Projects page in the Enterprise Service Tools preferences.
To set overall preferences for working with service flow projects:
  1. On the workbench menu bar, left-click Window > Preferences. The Preferences window opens.

  2. In the left pane of the Preferences window, expand Enterprise Service Tools and select Service Flow Projects.

  3. Change the preferences. The preferences are shown in Table 1.

    Table 1. Overall preferences for service flow projects
    Option: Effect of this option:
    Automatically capture new screens Select this check box if you want the host editor to automatically capture an application screen and create a screen description for you whenever you need one during screen operations recording or flow recording (see Option 1 in Providing screen descriptions for recording).
    Do not prompt for name when automatically capturing screens Select this check box if you want the host editor to assign a default name to a new artifact, without prompting you for a name. This feature applies to the following artifacts:
    • The screen name, when the flow recorder automatically captures a new screen during flow recording or screen operations recording.
    • The name of the loop variable, when you start recording a loop.
    • The name of the Extract action or the Insert action, when you create one of these during flow recording.
    Time to wait before attempting screen recognition (milliseconds) Use this input field to specify the amount of time that the host editor should wait before attempting screen recognition. The default value is 500 milliseconds. This feature prevents the recognition of intermediate transient screens that may appear during the process of recording a screen operation or flow. The time delay can be adjusted to allow the service flow project tools to record the screen recognition for the actual screen that represents the result of the application processing step.
    Do not prompt for variables when generating variable mapping This option has an effect during flow recording when you create an Insert action, an Extract action, or a recorded loop.
    • If this check box is cleared (the default) then during flow recording the host editor prompts you to provide the name of a variable to be used with the Insert, Extract, or recorded loop (see Recording Extract actions and Insert actions during flow recording and Steps for recording a loop.

    • If this check box is selected, then during flow recording the host editor automatically creates a new variable to be used with the Insert, Extract, or recorded loop, without prompting you.
      • For an Insert action or an Extract action, the name of the new variable is the name of the field (for example, Field431).

      • For a recorded loop, the name of the new variable is of the form variableX, where X is an integer, 0, 1, 2, and so on (for example, variable0).

      Note: If you have drawn a box in order to extract an area prior to pressing the Extract Data from Screen button, you will be prompted to provide the name of a message element to be used, as well as for the extract dimensions and options, regardless of the setting of this preference.
      Note: However, during flow recording you are still prompted to specify the names of a variable message file and a variable message to contain variables for Insert, Extract, or recorded loops, if you have not already done so (see Specifying a variable message later on during flow recording). You have to provide this information only once.
    Enable screen invoke creation wizard in flow editor This option enables a terminal operation configuration wizard. You can drag a terminal operation onto the flow editor canvas and choose the next screen and variables for Insert actions and Extract actions.
  4. Click OK when done.


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