Pathmaker Programming Guide

Converting a Simulated Screen to an Actual Screen

Using the Screen Painter

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Converting a

Simulated Screen to

an Actual Screen

You can use one of two techniques to turn your simulation into a functioning

application. You can:

Have the Pathmaker product re-create the screens

Use the Screen Painter to turn screen decorations into functioning data fields

If you decide to have the Pathmaker product re-create the screens, you must reenter

screen enhancements by using the Screen Painter. This technique preserves the screen

navigation that you developed during simulation and can be faster than turning screen

decorations into functioning data fields.

If you decide to turn the screen decorations into functioning data fields, you can

preserve the screen navigation and preserve the screens you created by using the

Screen Painter. You must, however, use the Data Field partial screen within the Screen

Painter to add information about every field, one at a time. This operation can be a

time-intensive process if you have many screens with data fields on each screen.

Re-Creating the Screens This procedure summarizes the steps for turning the prototype application into a

functioning application by allowing the Pathmaker product to re-create the

application’s screens. You must create the DDL source schema and compile the

schema before performing these steps.

To re-create the screens, follow these steps:

1. Print the screens so you can refer to the screen design you created by using the

Screen Painter.

2. Add reference objects.

a. Replace the temporary DDL definitions with the actual DDL definitions in the

requester context.

b. Reorder or delete data fields from the list of fields to be displayed on the

screen (optional).

c. Define any parameters this requester will receive from another requester.

3. Create default screens.

a. Change Create Default Screen to

b. Use the Screen Painter to enhance the default screen that the Pathmaker

product creates. Refer to the printed copy of the screen to re-create the screen

you designed using the Screen Painter.