GDT Development Tutorial

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDT Development Tutorial  Creating a Net Express Project to run GDT Batch programs and GDT TDS programs n Build a Net Express project n Setting up Project Properties n Loading the Source Pool n Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation n Animating the program n Preparing programs for Generic Release Build  Using Decision Tables to generate COBOL Source n GDTETAB Utility  Using GDT Utility to Generate Report Definition COBOL Source n GDTLGEN Utility n GDTPGEN Utility

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Build a Net Express project Batch / TDS From the DOS command prompt, set yourself to the folder where your batch programs are located. For TPR’s, you need to be located where the TPR programs are located (c:\infosol\prod\source\online) Set your environment ( In this case run GDTENV.BAT). If you do not want to use FILESHARE, you can also do a SET SRVRNAME= to the folder where your files are located.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Build a Net Express project Batch / TDS Now type in RUN MFNETX to start the NetExpress IDE. You will now have the necessary environment settings to load your project.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Build a Net Express project Batch / TDS When the IDE is up, we will first create a new project. From the FILE drop down menu, select NEW.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Build a Net Express project Batch / TDS Now we will select Project to create a new Project.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Build a Net Express project Batch / TDS Now you enter the name of the project (MyBatch) and the location of the project (C:\INFOSOL\PROD\SOURCE\BATCH). Press the Create button. Example for TPR’s (MyTpr) with location C:\INFOSOL\PROD\SOURCE\ONLINE.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Now we need to setup the Project Properties. From the Project drop down menu, select Properties.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS First, set the Project Directory. You may use the Browse to select the directory or just manually type it in. (C:\INFOSOL\PROD\SOURCE\BATCH). or (C:\INFOSOL\PROD\SOURCE\ONLINE). Next we need to add a couple of directives in the Project Directives Window. They are: USE(COBOL.DIR) NOCOBOLDIR CONFIRM. Now you need to press the IDE button (Integrated Development Environment settings).

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Since we already have set our environment variables before opening the IDE, all we need to do is Import these settings. Press the Import button.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Just press the Import button again. It is shown that the Current environment will be brought in. (This is the Environment from the GDTENV.BAT done at the DOS Command prompt).

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS This shows all local and system environment variables that are going to be set.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS You need to select all of the variables and press the OK Button.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Press OK again to set the IDE environment variables. This screen can also be used to add new variables or change the existing ones.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS After pressing the APPLICATION button on the main window you are then given a screen to import the APPLICATION environment as well. Press the Import button.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Again, press the Import button. The current environment from GDTENV.BAT setting will be imported.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS As done with the IDE variables, you need to select all of the Application Variables and press the OK button.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Press ok once all have been selected.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Now select the Program Execution Tab.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS You can now set Error Handling features. Have a view to the remaining tabs for additional application environment settings that can be done.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Setting up Project Properties Batch / TDS Now you can press OK as the Project Properties settings are now complete.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Types of Build Setting Batch / TDS Now we need to setup the Types of Build settings for this project. From the Project dropdown menu select Types of Build…

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Types of Build Setting Batch / TDS Select Debug and press the Change button.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Types of Build Setting Batch / TDS Add USE(COBOL.DIR) to the Build Directives.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Loading the Source Pool Batch / TDS Now right click in your source window. You will be given the option to Add file to source pool. Select this option.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Loading the Source Pool Batch / TDS Now you can select the program(s) that you want to be part of this project. We will select the address program for this example.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Loading the Source Pool Batch / TDS As the program is selected, Net Express will do a dependency check to make sure all copybooks, called programs etc. are found for the program(s) you have selected.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch / TDS Now we need to prepare the program for the Debug Build. Select and drag the program over to the build window. A window will pop up and allow for you to select the preferred compiled type for the program. We will be selecting intermediate code for debugging.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch / TDS Now you will see the.int and.cbl in the build Window.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch / TDS Next we need to set up the Build Settings for address.int. Right click on Address.int or any other program you may have and select Build Settings.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation A couple minor modifications are needed. Make sure.\ is placed just before the File name on disk. This states that the.int file will be placed in the current project directory.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch / TDS Right click on the Address.cbl member and select the Compile Tab. Again, we need to place a.\ before the %BASENAME.int. Press Close Button to save your Build Settings.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch / TDS Now we are ready to compile the program(s). One method is selecting the Rebuild All option from the Project menu or you can individually select each program in your project and press the red check to compile each.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch / TDS In the Build Window, you will see the information concerning your Build (Compile).

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch / TDS Now we are ready to set up your Animating Settings in coordination with the GDT software. From the Animate drop down menu select Settings…

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation Batch Program Important entries: Start Animating at: c:\infosol\gdtpc\gdtbatch.lbr\ gdtbatch.gnt Local working Directory: c:\infosol\prod\source\batch - where your compiled program(s) are located. Command line parameters: c:\infosol\prod\jcl\address.jcl - the directory and name and values of the jcl you need to run. If values are needed, type them in as if your are running GDTBATCH via the command line.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Debug Build and Animation TPR Program Important entries: Start Animating at: c:\infosol\gdtpc\gdtmon7.lbr\ gdtmon7.gnt (For V3 users) Start Animating at: c:\infosol\gdtpc\gdtmon7.lbr\ gdtmon7.gnt –TDS6 (For V4 users) Local working Directory: c:\infosol\prod\source\online - where your compiled program(s) are located. Command line parameters: LOGON tpr name (IPASS in this case). Can place a ? in this entry which will bring up the GDTMON7 entry screen.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program Batch / TDS Now you are ready to Start Animating. Select Start Animating… from the Animate dropdown menu.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program Batch

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program TPR FatClient Session is started, prompting you for user and password.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program TPR Logon TPR is activated.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program TPR TPR you have loaded into your project for debugging, is activated and ready for you to animate.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program TPR You may now Run through the program without further animating. You will then see in the application output window that the menu is displayed from the program IMENU.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program Batch Here is the Application output window. If you have TRACE and STEPMSG set in your GDTBATCH.PAR, then you will see the input, output counters as when you run GDTBATCH via the command prompt.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Animating the program Batch You may now Run through the program without further animating.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Generic Release Build Batch / TDS Now you can set up your program for a Release Build (.GNT). Select Generic Release Build in the Type of Build Window.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Generic Release Build Batch / TDS Select and drag the Address.cbl program over to the build window. You now select Generated Code for the compiled type.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Generic Release Build Batch / TDS Now right click on Address.cbl and select Build Settings.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Generic Release Build Batch / TDS Again, place.\ before the %BASENAME.GNT to place the.GNT member in the current project folder.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Preparing programs for Generic Release Build After right clicking on ADDRESS.CBL in the build window and selecting COMPILE, it now produces a.GNT for the ADDRESS program. TPR Compiled!

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Decision Tables GDTETAB PROJ2.TXT PROJ2.CPY DAT

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Decision Tables

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada Decision Tables

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTETAB Utility  GDTETAB converts symbolic decision tables to COBOL- sections, which may be executed by "PERFORM".  Rules are a key ingredient to the Decision Table.  There are 5 control commands known to GDTETAB : n NAM, PRE, BED, AKT and AFT

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTETAB Utility 5 Control Commands  NAM n specifies the name of the decision table. GDTETAB generates a SECTION. If the command is missing, becomes STANDARD;  PRE <activity to be preprocessed) n specifies a statement that will be executed before the evaluation of the table;  BED n COBOL-condition (without IF)  AKT n COBOL-statement to be executed n pattern of Xs that denotes, what conditions have to be true if the activity is to be performed;  AFT n specifies a statement that will be executed after the evaluation of the table.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTLGEN Utility Generate Report Definition  GdtLGen processes symbolic commands to create COBOL-Records for print output.  GdtLGen is the first choice if the print form design is specified on a paper form with exact columns. For other cases you my prefer GdtPGen.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTLGEN Utility Generate Report Definition The input file to the GDTLGEN utility. GDTLGEN RPT1.TXT RPT1.OUT DAT

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTLGEN Utility Generate Report Definition The Generated Output File from the GDTLGEN Utility

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTLGEN Utility Generate Report Definition  3 commands are available : n NAM, VAR and LIT.  NAM (generates a level-01 item)  VAR (generates an elementary-item)  LIT (generates a FILLER with corresponding literal-value)

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTPGEN Generate Report Definition  GdtPGen is the first choice if you design the print forms yourself.  For other cases you my prefer GdtLGen.  Like GDTLGEN, GDTPGEN creates COBOL source that describes a print form.  Contrary to GDTLGEN the input format is like the image form definition of a screen forms generator.  Two outputs are created : n an output file with WORKING-STORAGE statements n an output file with various MOVE statements, if %F-lines with FROM were specified.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTPGEN Generate Report Definition  In input you may use line types as follow : n (1) : normal lines that do not start with a % and are no space lines. They build the print form image. n (2) : a line starting with '%F' defines a field. n (3) : a line starting with '%R' defines a record. n (4) : any other line starting with '%' is treated as a comment line.

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTPGEN Generate Report Definition

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTPGEN Generate Report Definition Input file to GDTPGEN Utility

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTPGEN Generate Report Definition The WORKING-STORAGE statements

GDT Development Tutorial Doug Evans and Detlef Lexut GDT 2008 International User Conference August 10 – 13  Lake Las Vegas, Nevada GDTPGEN Generate Report Definition The Procedural Statements