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Telon Design Facility


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Agenda

History

What you will learn

Definitions Screen Concepts

Field Types

Detail Process Prototype


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History

Telon Design Facility is a 3rd PartyMainframe Based Tool by ComputerAssociates

Conceived and designed by Chris McNeiland Don Christensen in the late 1970s It was one of the first CASE Computer

Assisted Software Engineering tools onthe commercial market

Supports multiple Database Technologies,including VSAM, IMS/DB, DB2.


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What You Will Learn

How to access the tool How to define/copy/create new/existing

screens within the Mainframe Workbench

How to import Telon transport files How to access the Telon Design Facility

TDF via the mainframe Workbench How to use TDF

How to generate the Online screencomponents

How to prototype a screen


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Definitions

Panel Image: It is the layout of the screenor report.

You create the panel image by keying

(painting) the literals and variable fieldson the screen in the format that you wantthem to appear

Panel Definition: Describes the definitions

of the fields outlined on the panel Image


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Screen Concept

The screen concept is an essentialconcept for the use of Telon

Screen Types Search screen

Add screen

Display screen

Update screen

List screen


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Screen Fields

Literal

Input

Output Outin


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Detail Process

1. Retrieve the Telon Transport file say FCPU05 fromProduction with the required version and level number

2. Copy it to the DPFCBPR.UNTK.TELON library3. You are now ready to import the screen into Telon for

modification. Continue to the Telon Facilities section

(Option 5 from Work Bench )4. Telon Facilities menu is accessed via the MainframeWorkbench

5. It allows the following tasks to be performedi. Import a Telon Transport file into the Telon Design Facilityii. Access the Telon Design Facility for painting the screen with new

changesiii.

Generate Screen components from the Telon Design Facility(i.e.we are expecting COBOL Source, Telon transport, MF Source,PSB Source for Screen from the definition in the Telon DesignFacility. Refer: Section )


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Checks

Before Starting process of making changes

to screen be prepare with the following

information:

Make sure new field names are added tothe dataset DPFCBTE.D710.LIST. Thiscan be done by Roachde or ToolsSupport Team

Need to have access to Properenvironment (ENVK in this case)


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Prototyping

The PROTOTYPING FACILITY allows you to: View screens as they would appear once

they are completed . Real life data can

also be displayed. Illustrate how screen navigation can be

performed to and from this screen toexisting screens.

You can also navigate directly from theprototyping facility to the paneldefinition


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FLEXCAB On-line framework

Five standard Telon screen definitions(called shells) have been created forFLEXCAB Online programmers to

use List programAdd programBrowse programUpdate programDelete program


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Screen Definition (SD)

It contains all the informationnecessary to create a screen

Using these shells, it is possible tocreate any type of FLEXCAB onlinescreen

These shells come complete with all

the fields, validations, andprocedural division code required byFLEXCAB's Online framework


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Panel Definition (PD)

Using TDF you can convert these shellsprograms (screen definitions) intoFLEXCAB On-line programs by

maintaining the panel definition It is here where you specify the fields

and the properties of the field (E.g.whether its mandatory, numeric etc.)

Based on this information Telon generatesspecific custom code


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Panel Image (PI)

Provides the layout of the screen

After providing field details in PD

Validate the field position, columnand length in PI screen

If it doesnt suits your design thenprocess above steps until it fits ontothe screen


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