VisualAge(R) Help


Contents

  • VisulAge Help

  • Trademarks

  • Using help
  • Using the Help pull-down menu
  • Searching the Help System
  • Keys help
  • Window keys
  • Accelerator keys

  • Tasks

  • General tasks for VisualAge

  • Advanced tasks
  • Tearing off attributes
  • Overview of tearing off attributes
  • Modifying the parts palette
  • Adding a category to the parts palette
  • Deleting a category from the parts palette
  • Adding a part to the parts palette
  • Deleting a part from the parts palette
  • Using the self attribute
  • Using data type converters
  • Supported data type converters
  • Handling errors
  • VisualAge Organizer tasks
  • Making executable files
  • Changing prerequisites
  • Finding applications, parts, or methods
  • Adding group members
  • Deleting new group members
  • Selecting a new manager
  • Selecting a new owner
  • Showing prerequisites
  • Showing dependents
  • Changing prerequisites
  • Filing out
  • Filing in parts
  • Creating parts
  • Versioning parts
  • Changing to a different user object
  • Adding a user object
  • Removing a user object
  • Modifying a user object
  • Making applications
  • Making subapplications
  • Accessing external functions
  • Starting a program
  • Calling DLL functions
  • Connecting to an external function
  • Overview of external functions
  • Using DDE parts
  • Overview of using DDE
  • Opening a settings view window

  • Menus and dialogs

  • Menu-bar choices
  • Edit
  • Edit
  • Cut
  • Copy
  • Paste
  • Undo
  • Redo
  • Edit
  • View
  • Composition Editor
  • Public Interface Editor
  • Script Editor
  • Options
  • Show Tool Bar
  • Show Palette
  • Snap On Drop
  • Snap On Size
  • Modify Palette
  • Add Part
  • Debug
  • Tools
  • File
  • View
  • Options
  • Verbose
  • Trace/Break
  • Inspector
  • Values
  • Edit
  • Processes
  • Debug Other
  • Terminate
  • Change Priority
  • Change name
  • Processes
  • File
  • Release Changes Into Repository
  • Export To a Source File
  • Import From a Source File
  • Import From Another Application
  • File
  • New
  • Open
  • Save
  • Save As
  • Revert
  • Reset Transcript
  • Print
  • Print Setup
  • Set Browser Font
  • Use Default Fonts
  • Revert to Saved
  • Save Image
  • Save Image As
  • Exit VisualAge
  • File
  • Save Part
  • Save Script
  • Save Script As
  • Revert to Saved Script
  • File
  • Generate Archival Code
  • File
  • Edit
  • Select All
  • Find/Replace
  • Copy
  • Cut
  • Paste
  • Display
  • Execute
  • Inspect
  • File In
  • Group
  • Generate Local MRI Data for Testing
  • Messages
  • Generate *.TRA File for Translation
  • Import Translation from a *.TRA File
  • Pop-up menus
  • Pop-up menu for most visual parts
  • Pop-up menu for free-form surface
  • Pop-up menu for Window, Group Box, and Form
  • Pop-up menu for Notebook
  • Pop-up menu for Notebook page
  • Pop-up menu for Ordered Collection, Object Factory, and Form Input Checker
  • Pop-up menu for Variable
  • Pop-up menu for View Wrapper
  • Pop-up menu for Attribute-to-attribute connection
  • Pop-up menu for event-to-action connection
  • Pop-up menu item descriptions
  • Open Settings
  • Edit part
  • View Parts List
  • Toggle Grid
  • Set Grid Spacing
  • Promote Part Feature
  • Change Name
  • Delete
  • Layout
  • Distribute
  • Snap To Grid
  • Match Size
  • Create Deferred Update Part
  • Connect
  • Browse Connections
  • Reorder Connections From
  • Quick Form
  • Tear-Off Attribute
  • Become Primary Part
  • All features
  • Delete an attribute from interface
  • Add Initial Column
  • Initialize Columns Based On A TYPE
  • Add New Column After
  • Add New Column Before
  • Move column After
  • Move column Before
  • Set Custom Tab Order
  • Add Initial Page
  • Add Page After
  • Add Page Before
  • Add Page
  • Move top page up
  • Move top page down
  • Move top page
  • Change Type
  • Attribute-to-script
  • Event-to-script Connection
  • Align
  • Script editor menus
  • Class
  • Categories
  • Methods
  • Info
  • Breakpoints
  • Change Application
  • File Out
  • Visibility
  • Browse References
  • Browse Messages
  • Browse Changes
  • Browse Editions
  • Browse Class
  • Browse Hierarchy
  • Available
  • Select All By Default
  • Method Visibility
  • File Out
  • Browse
  • Add
  • Rename
  • Delete
  • Delete Empty
  • Find
  • Select Categories
  • File Out
  • Browse Differences
  • Browse Referenced Classes
  • Browse Editions
  • Browse Senders
  • Browse Implementors
  • Browse Messages
  • New Method Template
  • Copy
  • Load
  • Delete
  • Move
  • Change Public/Private
  • Categorize
  • Show Edition
  • Show Owner
  • Show Developer
  • To Root Class
  • To Root Minus One
  • To Named Class
  • No Inheritance
  • Include All Implementations
  • Include Only the First
  • To A New Application
  • To A New Class
  • Break
  • Clear Method Breakpoints
  • Configure Breakpoint
  • Pop-up menu for External Functions parts
  • Pop-up menu for VisualAge Record Class Generator window
  • Generate
  • All fields
  • Generate selected fields
  • Selected fields
  • Rename selected fields
  • File dialogs
  • Open File
  • Opening Open File
  • Open filename
  • Type of file
  • Drive
  • File
  • Directory
  • Save As
  • Opening Save As
  • Save as filename
  • Save file as type
  • Drive
  • File
  • Directory

  • General

  • VisualAge Organizer
  • Opening the Organizer window
  • Tool bar
  • New Part
  • Open
  • Group
  • Make Executable
  • Test
  • Database
  • Preferences
  • Find
  • Window
  • Help
  • Applications pane
  • Parts pane
  • Status area
  • File pull-down menu
  • New Workspace
  • Open Workspace
  • Exit VisualAge
  • Applications pull-down menu
  • New
  • Open
  • Refresh now
  • Find
  • Select
  • View
  • Show VisualAge Applications
  • Show Applications Matching Prefixes
  • Show All Applications
  • Sort by Name
  • Sort by Date
  • Specify Application Prefixes
  • New Edition
  • Version
  • Version in Basic Menus
  • Name Each
  • One Name
  • Use Defaults
  • Release
  • Current Edition
  • Another Edition
  • Make Executable
  • Load
  • Reload Current Edition
  • Released Edition
  • Previous Version
  • Another Edition
  • Available Applications
  • Changes
  • Current Edition
  • Previous Version
  • Another Edition
  • Editions
  • Selected Application
  • Available Application
  • Available Subapplication
  • Make Consistent
  • Unload
  • Delete
  • Prerequisites
  • Group Members
  • Manager
  • Change Manager
  • Change User to Manager
  • Change User to Parent's Manager
  • Change User to <your user>
  • Generate
  • Import/Export
  • File In
  • File Out
  • Import Applications
  • Import Subapplications
  • Export
  • Migrate
  • Parts pull-down menu
  • New
  • Part
  • Extension
  • Open
  • Visual Editors
  • Hierarchy Browser
  • Class Browser
  • Test
  • Refresh now
  • Select
  • Select All
  • Deselect All
  • Select Open Editions
  • Select Unreleased Versions
  • Select Owned
  • Select Owned By
  • View
  • Flowed Icon View
  • Details View
  • Icon View
  • Sort by Name
  • Sort by Date
  • Sort by Type
  • Arrange
  • New Edition
  • Version
  • Name Each
  • One Name
  • Use Defaults
  • Release
  • Current Version
  • Another Version
  • Version/Release Owned
  • Load
  • Released Version
  • Previous Version
  • Another Edition
  • Changes
  • Released Version
  • Previous Version
  • Another Edition
  • Editions
  • Selected Part
  • More Recent Parts
  • Available Part
  • References
  • Extend
  • Move
  • Copy
  • Unload
  • Delete
  • Owner
  • Change Owner
  • Change User to Owner
  • Generate
  • Archival Code
  • Runtime Code
  • Import/Export
  • File In
  • File Out
  • Import
  • Export
  • Tools pull-down menu
  • Quick Start
  • Find
  • Classes
  • Applications
  • Configuration Maps
  • Application Editions
  • Packaged Images
  • Application Manager
  • Implementors
  • Senders
  • References
  • Hierarchy
  • Class
  • Application
  • Category
  • Query
  • Open Class Editions
  • Unreleased Classes
  • Empty Class Extensions
  • Undefined Classes
  • Classes Owned By
  • Classes Using Pool
  • Debugger
  • Options pull-down menu
  • Preferences
  • Parts Default Editor
  • Basic Menus
  • Full Menus
  • Load/Unload Features
  • Change User
  • Users
  • Make Image Consistent
  • Library
  • Change Default
  • Create New
  • Clone Library
  • Clone Image and Library
  • Server
  • Reconnect
  • Disconnect
  • Preferences Workspace
  • Send us your comments
  • Window pull-down menu
  • Organizer dialogs
  • Group Members
  • New Part
  • Make Executable
  • Application Prefixes
  • Preferences
  • Find
  • Users
  • New Application
  • Prerequisites
  • VisualAge Quick Start
  • Composition Editor
  • Opening Composition Editor
  • Free-form surface
  • Parts palette
  • Sticky
  • Status area
  • Tools
  • Test
  • Selection
  • Add Part
  • Properties
  • Parts List
  • Show Connections
  • Hide Connections
  • Toggle Grid
  • Snap To Grid
  • Align Left
  • Align Center
  • Align Right
  • Align Top
  • Align Middle
  • Align Bottom
  • Distribute Horizontally
  • Distribute Vertically
  • Match Width
  • Match Height
  • View icons
  • Composition Editor dialogs
  • Add Part
  • Opening Add Part
  • Class name
  • Part name
  • Part type
  • Add palette category
  • Opening Add Palette Category
  • Category name
  • Graphic
  • Opened Category Graphic
  • Connections
  • Opening the Connections window
  • Action
  • Attribute
  • Event
  • To named class
  • New method
  • Methods list
  • Connection Debugger
  • Opening Connection Debugger
  • Connections pane
  • Parameters pane
  • Values pane
  • Next connection
  • Next break connection
  • Script Debugger
  • Opening Script Debugger
  • Processes pane
  • Message Stack pane
  • Scripts pane
  • Into
  • Over
  • Return
  • Resume
  • Select Tracepoints
  • Opening Select Tracepoints
  • Select parts
  • Select connection points
  • Select Breakpoints
  • Opening Select Breakpoints
  • Select Tracepoints and Traced Breakpoints
  • Opening Breakpoints
  • Select connection tracepoints
  • Select traced connection breakpoints
  • Tracepoint/Breakpoint Conditions
  • Opening Tracepoint/Breakpoint Conditions
  • Find/Replace
  • Opening the Find/Replace window
  • Reorder Connections From
  • Opening Reorder Connections From
  • Set grid spacing
  • Opening Set grid spacing
  • Increments
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
  • Generate Default Scripts
  • Opening Generate Default Scripts
  • Instance variables
  • Selectors
  • Add to Palette
  • Opening Add to Palette
  • Part name
  • Category
  • Promote features
  • Opening Promote Features
  • Promote feature name
  • Previously promoted
  • Promote
  • Remove
  • Colors
  • Opening Colors
  • Font Selection
  • Opening Fonts
  • Event-to-action connection Properties
  • Event
  • Action
  • Set parameters
  • Event-to-script connection - Settings
  • Event
  • Show methods in class
  • Method list
  • Constant Parameter Value Settings
  • Attribute-from-script connection - Settings
  • Attribute to display
  • Show methods in class
  • Method list
  • Attribute-to-script connection example
  • Attribute-from-script connection Dependencies
  • Opening Attribute-to-script connection Dependencies
  • Select part
  • Select attribute
  • Dependency parts and attributes
  • Graphics Descriptor
  • Graphic type
  • File Name/Module Name
  • ID
  • Shading type
  • Preview
  • Tab Label
  • Label type
  • Tab string
  • Tick Specifications
  • Detent Specifications
  • Drag Drop Spec
  • Image Drag Drop Spec
  • Platform Drag Drop Spec
  • Values (Default Drag/Drop Operation)
  • Converters
  • Boolean properties
  • Character properties
  • Date properties
  • DBCS Only properties
  • Decimal properties
  • Float properties
  • Integer properties
  • Monetary Amount properties
  • Number properties
  • Social Security Number properties
  • String properties
  • Time properties
  • Timestamp properties
  • USA State properties
  • Zip Code properties
  • yesStr
  • noStr
  • defaultObjectFromEmptyString
  • emptyMakesDefault
  • justification
  • caseRule
  • max
  • min
  • dateFormat
  • dateNormalizationTable
  • dateSeparator
  • dynamicDefault
  • showFourDigitYear
  • showSeparator
  • decimalPlace
  • decimalSeparator
  • negativeSign
  • positiveSign
  • signRule
  • thousandsSeparator
  • zeroSuppressed
  • currency
  • currencyPosition
  • currencySpace
  • acceptsDBString
  • caseConversion
  • minCharsRequired
  • showSeconds
  • time1159
  • time2359
  • timeFormat
  • timeSeparator
  • showFullName
  • format
  • Framing Spec
  • Top/Bottom/Left/Right
  • Attachment type
  • Offset
  • Position
  • Attached parts
  • Formats
  • Monetary
  • Numeric
  • String
  • currencyLocation
  • currencySymbol
  • decimalPoint
  • floatingCurrency
  • floatingSign
  • formatString
  • negativeIndicator
  • padCharacter
  • positiveIndicator
  • signLocation
  • signPolicy
  • thousandsSeparator
  • Format string (Monetary)
  • Format string
  • Valid replacement characters
  • Format string (Numeric)
  • Format string (String)
  • Predefined formats
  • Hierarchy Policy
  • Items
  • Item Children Accessors
  • Accelerator
  • Public Interface Editor
  • Opening Public Interface Editor
  • Attribute
  • Attribute name
  • Get selector
  • Set selector
  • Change event symbol
  • Attribute data type
  • Attribute contents data type
  • Edit time properties
  • Add with defaults
  • Add
  • Update
  • Delete
  • Defaults
  • Event
  • Event name
  • Event symbol
  • Action
  • Action name
  • Action selector
  • Parameters and their types
  • Add before
  • Add after
  • Delete selected row
  • Promote
  • Promote feature name
  • Subpart promoted features
  • Subpart name
  • Feature type
  • Promotable feature
  • Unlisted feature
  • Edit Time Properties
  • Array
  • Script Editor
  • Opening Script Editor
  • Category
  • Script
  • Scripts list
  • instance/class
  • public/private
  • source/comment/notes
  • Subpart Features Syntax
  • Opening the Subpart Features Syntax window
  • Subparts
  • Attributes
  • Actions
  • VisualAge Record Class Generator
  • Opening VisualAge Record Class Generator
  • Names generated for record structures
  • Function language
  • File name
  • Parameter word size
  • Alignment
  • Data translation
  • Endian
  • Code Page
  • Records to Generate
  • Parse
  • Records
  • Indexed Message Editor
  • Opening Indexed Message Editor
  • Group (Pool) Name
  • Filename
  • Product Prefix
  • Message Prefix
  • Help Filename
  • MRI Class
  • Message table

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