Pathmaker Reference Manual

REQUESTER Statement
Pathmaker Application Definition Language (PMADL)
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COLUMN number LENGTH number
COLUMN specifies a column number to indicate the column in which
a segment is to start.
LENGTH and the second number indicate the segment’s length.
ROWS number OFFSET number
ROWS specifies the number of rows for the screen layout of the screen
field if it has multiple occurrences. The default number of rows is 1.
OFFSET and the second number indicate the height of the field. The
default row offset is the height of one occurrence of the field.
COLUMNS number OFFSET number
COLUMNS and the number of columns specify the screen layout of the
screen field if it has multiple occurrences. The default number of
columns is 1.
OFFSET and the second number indicate the width of the field. The
default column offset is 1 more than the width of one occurrence of
the field.
Usage Considerations for the Display Field Clause
The reference object must have been previously defined in the requester.
A requester can define multiple display fields. The order of the display field clauses is
the order in which the fields are defined in the display field lists of the reference object
and the order in which the screen field instances of the display fields are defined in the
requester’s default screen.
A display field clause cannot designate a reference field that is already referenced by
another display field in the requester.
If the location of the first segment defined in the SEGMENTS clause does not match
the location of the screen field, PMADL issues a warning and adjusts the locations so
that the location of the first segment matches the location of the screen field. PMADL
maintains the relative locations of all segments defined in the SEGMENT clause.