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| − | SDA, or Screen Design Aid, is a DDS editing tool that lets you do quasi-WYSWIG design & maintenance of DDS for display files. | + | [[Category:Displays Programming]] |
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| + | '''SDA''', or ''Screen Design Aid'', is a [[DDS]] editing tool that lets you do quasi-WYSWIG design & maintenance of DDS for display files. It comes with [[OS/400]] as part of [[ADTS/400]] and it was also available on [[S/36]] [[SSP]]. The kinds of objects created with SDA are conceptually similar to many from [[DDS]] and [[UIM]]. Some of what SDA can edit can also be updated by [[PDM]] and [[SEU]]. | ||
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| + | == SDA Features == | ||
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| + | Design and/or modify | ||
| + | * Display Record Formats | ||
| + | * Application Menus | ||
| + | * Subfiles | ||
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| + | Fill in the blank format | ||
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| + | Generates DDS specifications, menu, display file source, message file for menus | ||
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| + | Some knowledge of [[DDS]] keywords needed. | ||
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| + | Extensive support for testing displays and individual indicators, without running the actual program that the screens are to be used with. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:56, 14 April 2007
SDA, or Screen Design Aid, is a DDS editing tool that lets you do quasi-WYSWIG design & maintenance of DDS for display files. It comes with OS/400 as part of ADTS/400 and it was also available on S/36 SSP. The kinds of objects created with SDA are conceptually similar to many from DDS and UIM. Some of what SDA can edit can also be updated by PDM and SEU.
SDA Features
Design and/or modify
- Display Record Formats
- Application Menus
- Subfiles
Fill in the blank format
Generates DDS specifications, menu, display file source, message file for menus
Some knowledge of DDS keywords needed.
Extensive support for testing displays and individual indicators, without running the actual program that the screens are to be used with.
