Select an item from the Insert pull-down menu to create a new
DDS object to the current page. The following list contains information
for each of the specific menu selections on the Insert menu.
The CODE Designer creates new objects by using the Creation defaults that are specified on the Styles
page of the Properties notebook.
- Group (only in the DDS Tree)
- Creates a group which associates multiple records
with one screen. The CODE Designercreates a Design page tab in the
Workbook for this new group. When the CODE Designer creates an group,
the Group properties notebook appears where you can
change any of its settings.
- Record
- Creates a new record on the Design page. For display files, you can
create the following record types:
- Standard
- A default record.
- Subfile
- Creates both the subfile and subfile control records which define a list
on the screen.
- Message subfile (only in the DDS Tree or Details view)
- Creates both the subfile and subfile control records which define a list
of messages from a program's queue.
- Named field
- Creates a field that your program can read and update at run time.
- Continued field
- Creates a named field which can wrap the application user's input
into several rows in a rectangular area of the screen.
- Date field
- Creates a field that contains a date and can be read or updated by your
program at runtime.
- Time field
- Creates a field that stores time and can be read or updated by your
program at runtime.
- Timestamp field
- Creates a field which stores timestamp information.
- Database reference
- Creates a field which references the description of an existing field in a
database file.
- Source reference
- Creates a field which references the description of another field in the
current source file.
- Text constant
- Creates a constant field that contains text.
- Message constant
- Creates a constant field that displays a message from a message
file.
- Date constant
- Creates a constant field that contains the system date.
- Time constant
- Creates a constant field that contains the system time.
- User name
- Creates a constant field that contains your applications user's
iSeries user name.
- System name
- Creates a constant field that contains your applications user's
iSeries system name
- Help specification
- Specifies which area of the display provides context-sensitive
help.
- Keywords
- Takes you to the Create Keywords page, from which
you can add keywords to the selected object.
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