Introduction to Pathmaker

Customizing Pathmaker Applications
Pathmaker Applications
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Customizing
Pathmaker
Applications
Although the Pathmaker product creates an application with a certain predetermined
architecture, it provides many ways to customize that application to meet end user
specifications.
Screen Layout For each requester, the Pathmaker product can create the initial layout for the
end user’s screen based on the type of requester chosen and on the attributes specified
on Pathmaker screens. This initial layout is referred to as the default screen.
The attributes that can be specified on Pathmaker screens that affect the default screen
layout include:
Screen title text
Function keys and their associated actions
Data fields and their order
Data field attributes
End user’s terminal type
Note Certain attributes associated with a data field in the DDL Dictionary can also influence the appearance of
the default screen.
Screen Painter The default screen that the Pathmaker product creates from the preceding list of
attributes can often be used without further modification.
To further customize the screen, application developers can use the Pathmaker screen
painter. Reasons for modifying the default screen might range from making the
application easier to use to conforming to the end user’s standards.
Screen painter is a versatile tool that can help perform many screen customizing
functions, including:
Adding, rearranging, or deleting data fields on the default screen
Adding decorations or custom text to the default screen
Changing the video attributes of a data field
Modifying the screen’s paging (overlay) area