Re: Styles in Code Designer

Mike,

Can I put in my request for an enhancement?  It seems to me
it would be a benefit if I could specify more keywords in
the styles.  Then I would not need a field reference file,
just have the styles (and be able to save and restore them
and share them with my programmers.)

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:05:20 -0500  you wrote;

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> Hi Jim,
>
> Unfortunately all the styles does is to define the base
> field properties,
> in general it does not include any keywords.
>
> For the alias keyword it is not on the properties, go to
> the add keywords
> page (select the field and then select "insert keywords"
> from the  context
> menu or press F5)  From there you can insert the alias
> keyword.
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Hockings, P.Eng.
> WebSphere Development Tools for AS/400  -  CODE/Designer
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> IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory
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> Mike (or anyone on the list),
>
> I'm trying to determine what styles buy me in the
> designer.
>  If I understand correctly, if I have a field that I want
> to display the same in all screens, I can set up a style.
>  Example:
>
> I use the Social Security Number on a lot of screens and
> in
> files as a key.  If I want to display (output only) I
> could
> set a style named "Display SocSec" and set the attributes
> to display (output only), Color(white), Edit Code or
> Word,
> Edit mask (which has it's own set of challenges),
> Database
> reference information, etc.  When I then create a Social
> Security Number on a display, I can, once the field is
> created, go to the STYLE tab and use the "Reset to" push
> button to set all the attributes to those settings.
>
> If this is the case, it is not working.  The color, edit
> mask/word, Alias, and others are not changed.  In fact, I
> don't see that it did anything.
>
> HELP!  I would like to understand the styles and what
> they
> can do for me.
>
> BTW: the Alias key word is not on the properties for a
> database referenced field.  It shows up on the original
> tab, but does not give me a place to override it, or add
> it
> if it is not specified in the file DDS.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jim Essinger
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
> Student Loan Fund of Idaho
> esinger@fmtc.com
> 208-452-4058
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Jim Essinger
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Student Loan Fund of Idaho
esinger@fmtc.com
208-452-4058
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