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Chapter 3 Defining Screen Tables : Using the Screen Table Painter

Using the Screen Table Painter
Layout
The Screen Table Painter screen is divided into the following three areas:
Screen Table Painter Screen
The following example illustrates the Screen Table Painter for the screen table EXPENSE_DATA:

 
SCREEN PAINTER COMMAND ==> Scroll: P
....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....
¬999999 Expenses for Department #¬99
Manager #¬99999
EMPLOYEE NAME EMPLOYEE# EXPENSE
¬AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ¬99999 ¬99999.99
Table: EXPENSE_DATA Unit: USR40
ROW COL FIELD NAME Type Syn Len Dec Just Fill Prot Show Rqd Hi Skip Null
--- --- --------------- - - ---- --- - - - - - - - -
1 16 MONTH D B 8 0 L . Y Y N N Y Y
1 49 DEPTNO I P 2 0 L Y Y N N Y Y
2 49 MANAGER_NUM I P 5 0 L Y Y N N Y Y
6 1 LNAME S C 22 0 C Y Y N N Y Y
6 32 EMPNO I P 5 0 L Y Y N N Y Y
6 45 MONTHLY_EXP Q P 8 2 R _ N Y N N Y Y
PFKEYS: 6=+FLD 18=-FLD 4=+LINE 5=CUT 19=FLD_HELP 17=PASTE 16=-LINE 13=PRINT

 
Image Area
The image area displays the appearance of the screen table. It is composed of the following elements: a ruler, literal text, and screen fields. In the image area, you can do the following:
The image area scrolls both horizontally and vertically and a scroll amount field is also available.
Field Definition Area
The field definition area displays attributes for each of the screen fields associated with a specific screen table. It contains two sections that you can edit:
Header Information
The header information section, which is non-scrollable, contains default values for the screen table name and the unit to which the screen table belongs. You can change either of these values.
To use this definition as a template for a new definition, change the screen table name. The screen fields are associated with this new screen table. For more information on copying TIBCO Object Service Broker objects, refer to TIBCO Object Service Broker Shareable Tools.
Field Information
The field information section, which is scrollable, contains the attributes for each of the fields that you define. You can enter a definition directly into this area.
If you add fields using the image area, default information is added for you in the field definition section. You can modify these default values as required.
Available PF Keys for the Screen Table Painter
The PF key line displays some of the most commonly used PF keys for the Screen Table Painter. Not all the most commonly used PF keys appear on this line. For information on all available PF keys, press PF1 for a listing and descriptions. For detailed information on the standard PF keys, refer to TIBCO Object Service Broker Getting Started.
Defining Screen Tables
There are two components to defining a screen table:
These two components are discussed in the following sections.

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