Using Screen Designer

To open an existing DDS display file for editing with Screen Designer, right-click the member in the Remote Systems view, the i Project Navigator view, or the Navigator view and select Open with > Screen Designer.

Screen Designer opens for the selected display file with three pages, Design page, Source page, and Preview page. The Design page is displayed.

The Design page is used to visually build and change your DDS display file. The page is divided into three areas:

The Source page gives you access to the code of your display file in a Remote Systems LPEX Editor. This is the same editor that opens when you select Open with > Remote Systems LPEX Editor. Here you can edit the DDS source directly. Screen Designer automatically updates all related views when you make changes to either the Source page, the Design page, or the Properties view.

The Preview page shows you what the screens will look like when you run your application. There is no compile required for this, you just tell Screen Designer which records belong to a screen and optionally specify additional runtime conditions. You do this in the Preview page screen controls above the preview area.

You can switch between the Design page, Source page, and Preview page by selecting the respective tab below the design area.


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