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Chapter 3 Defining Screen Tables : Expanding Definitions

Expanding Definitions
Literal Text
When defining a screen table, you can display the attributes for the literal text in your screen table. To expand a particular piece of literal text, complete the following tasks from the Screen Table Painter:
1.
2.
A view-only screen showing all the attributes for the literal text appears. The display attributes are the same for all the text literals in the screen table.

 
COMMAND ==> Scroll:
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Literal: Y Definition for FIELD:
Row : 4 Col: 6
Type: Syntax: C Length: 8 Decimal Places: 0 Justify: L
Display Mask:
Globalfield Name :
Value : EMPLOYEE
Visual Attributes
Foreground Colour : Highlight : Y
Background Colour : Show :
Blink : N Truncate :
Reverse : N
Underline : N
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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
PFKEYS: 3=SAVE 12=CANCEL

 
Field Definitions
When defining a screen table, you can expand the definition of a field. This feature invokes a screen that displays more information on a particular field, enabling you to change the field’s attributes. It is the same screen you get when you expand on a literal except that you are able to edit most of the attributes for the fields.
The only attributes you cannot edit are the FIELD NAME, Literal, and Globalfield Name. Refer to Creating New Fields and Controlling Presentation for a description of each of the attributes.
Expanding a Field
The field you expand is highlighted in the list of fields in the bottom portion of the screen. To expand on a field, complete the following tasks from the Screen Table Painter:
1.
You can position the cursor on the field in either the image area or the field definition area.
2.
Expand Screen Illustrated
The following example illustrates the Expand screen for the field MONTH:

 
COMMAND ==> Scroll:
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Literal: N Definition for FIELD: MONTH
Row : 1 Col: 16
Type: D Syntax: B Length: 6 Decimal Places: 0 Justify: L
Display Mask: MMM YY
Globalfield Name :
Value :
Visual Attributes
Foreground Colour : Highlight : N
Background Colour : Show : Y
Blink : Truncate : Y
Reverse :
Underline :
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
PFKEYS: 3=SAVE 12=CANCEL

 

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