Pathmaker Programming Guide

Contents
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Section 6 Using the Screen Painter
Screen Painter Components 6-1
Screen Elements 6-2
Paging Information 6-3
Basic Screen Painter Editing Functions 6-4
Assigning Video Attributes 6-4
Defining or Modifying a Data Field 6-5
Defining or Modifying a Paging Area 6-8
Defining or Modifying a Point Field 6-10
Defining or Modifying a Pseudofield 6-11
Deleting a Block of Screen Elements 6-13
Moving a Block of Screen Elements 6-13
Drawing a Box or Line 6-13
Moving a Page Within the Paging Area 6-14
Moving or Deleting a Screen Element 6-14
Converting a Simulated Screen to an Actual Screen 6-15
Re-Creating the Screens 6-15
Turning Decorations Into Functioning Data Fields 6-16
Section 7 Finishing and Installing the Application
Servers and Server Classes 7-4
Assigning Server Classes 7-4
Assigning an Active Server Class 7-5
Generating the Mapping Requester 7-6
Installing an Application for Testing 7-8
Running a Pathmaker Application 7-11
Installing an Application in the Production System 7-12
Steps for Installing a Production Application 7-12
Example of Installing a Production Application 7-13
Merging Pathmaker Projects 7-20
Establishing Naming Conventions 7-20
Creating the Pathmaker Projects 7-21
Merging the Pathmaker Projects 7-23
Summary of Steps for Merging Pathmaker Projects 7-30