-G Lines tab

This tab contains the -GC Lines, in which you can indicate information about the Input Aid. You can indicate the author or the purpose of the Input Aid for example.

-GC Lines

These lines are used for documentation purposes. You can write or edit text in relation to the selected instance. You can write, modify, move, or delete text lines by using the standard word-processing functions.

You can add a line in two ways:
  • Click Add or select this action in the contextual menu to add a comment line or an alias for a Segment. Then, click in the Type column to select the line type to be inserted. Enter the comment or the alias in the Description field.
  • Click Add an Input Aid call or select this action in the contextual menu to insert an Input Aid call. A selection box opens. It displays the available Input Aids that have a C: Comments type. Select one of them and click OK.

    The variable labels and the symbolic values that are indicated in the selected Input Aid -D Lines tab are then displayed in the Description column, in a read-only mode. The Input Aid name is displayed in the Input Aid column.

    If you click the Input Aid name in the Input Aid column, a button is displayed. Click it to see all the Input Aid description lines in a detail window. In this window, you can modify the variable labels and the symbolic values.
    Note: The length of a variable label cannot exceed the length that is defined in the Input Aid -D Lines tab.

    The first column of the table can be used to select contiguous or non-contiguous lines. To select contiguous lines, click this column on the first line to select and press the shift key on your keyboard. Then, select the other lines by clicking the last line to select or by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. To select non-contiguous lines, click a line, and then select the other lines by clicking the first column and pressing the ctrl key on your keyboard.

You can create, reorder, or remove lines with the table buttons (whose position can be modified with the design editors preferences) or with the contextual menu that you open by right-clicking the table. You can also use the contextual menu to Copy and Paste lines. The Special copy and Special paste choices are also available in the Data Element -D Lines, Report -L Lines, and -G Lines of all the entities.
  • If you select Special copy, a dialog box opens. You must select the columns to be copied and indicate whether you want to copy their content to an external editor or to the same tab of another instance of the same entity. The copied content is then placed in the clipboard.
  • You can select Special paste to paste a content that was copied from an external editor. In this case, you must select the column where the content is to be pasted. You can also select Special paste to paste a content that was copied from another instance with Special copy.
Error
This column displays a dot on all the existing description lines that are not empty.

Moreover, if this line is not correct, this column also displays an error or warning symbol, depending on the severity of the error. A hover help indicates the source of the error.

Type
You can select one of the following values:
  • No value or * to insert a standard documentation line,
  • A on a Segment only, to insert an alias for the Segment name.

This column displays a value I on all the Input Aid insertions. This value cannot be selected directly.

Description
This column can be entered or not according to the inserted line type:
  • If you inserted a comment or an alias line, you must move your cursor to this column and enter the required information:
    • On a line without any line type or with a * line type, enter a free comment. You can use the standard word-processing shortcuts to copy, paste, and delete text content in the comment lines. Double-clicking a word selects the word.
    • On an A line type, enter the Segment COBOL name.
  • If you inserted an Input Aid call line, the variable labels and the symbolic values that are indicated in the selected Input Aid -D Lines tab are displayed.
    Note: The width of the Description column is limited to 60 characters. To see the whole of an Input Aid call that exceeds 60 characters, hover over the column content. The whole call is then displayed in a tooltip.
Input Aid
This column contains the name of a called Input Aid. If you click the button that is displayed when you click in this column, you can see the Input Aid description in a detail window. In this window, you can modify the variable labels and symbolic values.

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