Working with Functions

Lists

Functions

List of the functions of the current application area. For each one, the name and the description are specified.

The sort sequence can be defined by clicking the column headers of the list.

Extended-selection list.

With correction environments, there may be a check mark in front of each function name.

A red check mark shows that the function is being held by the default correction.
A black check mark shows that the function is being held by a correction other than the default correction.

Context-sensitive menu

The following options are accessible at all times via the context-sensitive menu.
In addition, there may be buttons to perform the same actions on the right-hand side of the window, depending on the settings in the Create/Modify a software engineer dialog box's Preferences tab.

Create

This option opens a dialog box which is used to create a function.

Modify

This option opens a dialog box which is used to display or modify the general characteristics of the selected function.

It is not active when no function is selected in the list.

Delete

This option deletes the selected functions, after confirmation.

When the deletion is validated, the list of functions is updated accordingly.

If a function is attached to other application areas, it is not deleted but is detached from the current application area.

This option is not active when no function is selected in the list.

Print

This option prints the description of the selected functions.

This description mentions all the characteristics of the function, its system data, its management rules and its comments.

The printing job is submitted to the Job manager.

It is not active when no function is selected in the list.

Attach

This option opens a dialog box which is used to attach functions from the repository to the current application area.

Detach

This option detaches the selected functions from the current application area.

It is not active when no function is selected in the list.

App. areas

This option opens a dialog box displaying the various application areas to which the selected function is attached.

It is not active when no function is selected in the list.

Hold

This option opens a dialog box enabling the selected functions to be held by the default correction.

This option is only visible in correction environments.

It is only active when one or more functions are selected in the list and the user has a default correction.

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