-GE Lines in a Screen or a Dialog

You can replace the automatically generated error messages, declare explicit error messages, or specify help on a Screen, a Data Element, or an error message. These lines are associated with a Dialog or a Screen (standard or client Screen).

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.

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.

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
Click Add. By default, the type of the new line is set to * (comment). Click the Type column and select the line type that corresponds to the task that you want to do. You must then refer to the help that is specific to each task.
Link
You use this column to call a Data Element, a Segment, or a Text.

Place the cursor in the column and enter the name directly. To make the input easier, you can open a content assist wizard by clicking Ctrl and the space bar simultaneously. If you start entering a name, the content assist displays the instances that start with this input. If you enter the name of an instance that does not exist and if you validate, the input is discarded.

Description
The contents of this column vary according to the task that you want to do. You must then refer to the help that is specific to each task.

You must then generate the error messages. To do so, you must create an Error Message instance and associate it with the Dialog. The Error Message instance groups the generation options of the error messages for this Dialog. You must then generate the Error Message instance.


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