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Default screen description

Whenever you create a new screen message, Enterprise Service Tools automatically creates a default screen description inside the new screen message.
Important: A default screen description is created no matter which method you use to create the new screen message (see Creating a screen message).
By default, a default screen description is created with the following three descriptors:

However, in the Screen Recognition Settings page of Enterprise Service Tools section of the Preferences window, you can specify the descriptors that you want to be included in the default screen description (see Setting the contents of the default screen description).

The purpose of a default screen description is to provide a simple initial screen description that the host editor can use to recognize an application screen.

When you work with descriptors, remember that the Generate Runtime Code wizard can process certain descriptors differently, depending on the following circumstances:

See Support for screen descriptors in the runtime environments and When the flow type is Link3270 Bridge -- BMS map information.


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