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MAC-PAC Window Description
MAC-PAC Window Description
Windows are used in MAC-PAC much the same as screens. They display in maintenance and inquiry programs when you press a command key or enter an action code. The difference between windows and screens is that you can maintain windows without recompiling them or making program changes. Additionally, any user on the system can create customer windows.
There are three elements that make up a window: window indicators, field sets, and action codes. The combination of these three allows you to display a window in a typical program. These windows are designed for easy maintenance; changing and selecting the fields that display, changing the order of the displayed fields, and maintaining the field literals. Tasks such as these are considered basic maintenance tasks and can be performed by any user. Administrative maintenance tasks, tasks that should be performed by your system administrator, are also possible. These tasks include adding or removing fields from a field set and creating a new field set.
MAC-PAC comes with several default windows. These windows are supplied to give you a general feel for the processing and use of windows. They should serve as a basis for your window use. You may never need to change them or add to them; however, you may maintain these windows just as you would those you created from scratch.
Elements of a Window
A window consists of three elements: a field set, a window indicator, and an action code. The field set is a pre-defined list of fields that are used for a MAC-PAC function. You may select all of these fields or a subset for display in your window. You will always use the window indicator WN (generic windows program) for basic windows. The window indicator dictates what will be displayed in your window. You define the two-digit action code that ties the field set and window indicator together. You enter action codes on the application screens to display windows. Using these three elements you may create your own window by selecting the fields you want to be displayed, sequencing them, and choosing an action code that displays them.
Field Sets
Field sets consist of a grouping of fields with a single functional use; these fields usually exist on a single master file. For example, all the maintainable MAC-PAC fields for Sales Order Line Maintenance are grouped on the SOLINE field set. Field sets are maintainable, however some maintenance tasks are more difficult than others. The basic maintenance task for a field set is to change a literal. Administrative maintenance tasks for a field sets include adding or removing fields. You can maintain field sets through the Field Set Maintenance conversation on the System Processing menu. The figure below shows the Sales Order Line field set as it displays on the Field Set Maintenance detail screen.
WILLIAMS COMMON FEATURES 5/23/94
DSP01 FIELD SET MAINTENANCE DETAIL
Field Set SOLINE Sales Order Line Maintenance
Field Help Field --Valid Values- Ref External
Name Literal Tag Ln Typ Program Occ Decode Cat Program
WNFL01 Company CZCO 3 C VVIC170MW 1 N
WNFL02 Warehouse CZWHNO 3 C VVIC170MW 2 N
WNFL03 Part Number CZPN 15 C VVDE100MW 1 D 1
WNFL04 Description CZPN 1 C D 2
WNFL05 Plant CZPLNT 3 C N
WNFL06 Line number CZLNNO 3 C N
WNFL07 Part Type TYPDSC 3 C N
WNFL08 Order Quantity CZRQTY 10 N N
WNFL09 Release Qty CZRQTY 10 N N
WNFL10 Order UOM CZUNMS 2 C VVREFERW1 1 Y 005
WNFL11 Reserved Qty CRLQO 10 N N
WNFL12 Unit Price CUNPR 15 N N
WNFL13 Pricing UOM CPRUM 2 C VVREFERW1 2 Y 005
More...
F3=Exit F10=Function Select F15=Rekey Data F22=End Transaction
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Fields on the Sales Order Line Field Set (SOLINE).
You may easily maintain literals associated with these fields.
Field Sets Supplied with MAC-PAC
MAC-PAC comes with ten standard field sets. They include:
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CUSTITEM
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Customer/Item Relationship
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LDCONSOL
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Load Consolidation
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LODMAINT
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Load Maintenance
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OBHEADER
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Shipping/Billing Header Maintenance
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OBLINE
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Shipping/Billing Line Maintenance
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PBHEADER
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Postbilling Header Maintenance
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PBLINE
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Postbilling Line Maintenance
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SHPWRKBN
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Shipping Workbench
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SOHEAD
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Sales Order Header
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SOLINE
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Sales Order Line
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Field Sets Supplied with MAC-PAC.
Each of these field sets corresponds to a master file.
Using the Window Definition conversation, you may select specific fields from a field set to display in your window. The subset you select may be as few as one field or as many as all of the fields from the field set. The figure below shows five fields selected from the SOLINE field set for action code KN.
WILLIAMS COMMON FEATURES 5/24/94
DSP01 WINDOW DEFINITION DETAIL
Field Set SOLINE Sales Order Line Maintenance
Action Code KN Kenning Order Fields
Renumber by 10
Literal Seq
Order Number 10
Company 20
Warehouse 30
Part Number 40
Description 50
Plant
Line number
Part Type
Order Quantity
Release Qty
Order UOM
Reserved Qty
More...
F3=Exit F10=Function Select F15=Rekey Data F18=Renumber
F22=End Transaction
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Fields on the Sales Order Line Maintenance Field Set (SOLINE) for the Custom
Action Code (KN)
The user-defined action KN is arbitrary; you may select any two-character action code
you wish.
Window indicators
MAC-PAC is installed with fourteen window indicators; WN, CP, and 01 though 12. You enter these window indicators on Reference File category 032 when defining a window to dictate what the window will display. For example, entering a window indicator of WN (generic windows program) will display the window you have defined. If you entered a window indicator of CP (Custom Program) a custom program will display. Window indicators of 01 through 12 (pre-defined MAC-PAC programs) display an existing MAC-PAC program in the window. See Reference File category 030 for all valid Window indicator/field set combinations.
Note: All windows that you maintain through general, basic maintenance tasks will use the generic windows program (window indicator of WN). Windows that use custom programs or pre-defined MAC-PAC programs are only maintainable through more advanced, administrative maintenance.
The figure below shows a sample detail screen from Reference File category 032. This category is where you define which window indicator will be used with your window. The first maintainable field on the screen holds the window indicator. Notice that the indicator used here is WN, the generic windows program. You will use this indicator for all basic window maintenance. This is probably the only indicator you will ever use.
WILLIAMS COMMON FEATURES 5/23/94
DSP01 REFERENCE FILE CATEGORY 032 INQUIRE
Category Name Window Action Codes
Field Set(8) Action Cd(2)
Category Key SOLINE KN
Window Ind Window Title
Data WN Kenning Window
XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Start Pos. Size External Pgm. Alternate Set
Data 0205 L
NNNN X XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Prompt Description Dsp 50 Char field
Data Kenning Order Fields Y
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Y
F2=Command F3=Exit F9=Inquiry F10=Function Select
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Window Indicators as Entered on Reference File Category 032.
These window indicators dictate what the window will display.
Action Codes
Action codes are two-digit codes that you define on Reference File category 032. They tie a field set to a window indicator to define a window. For your window, you can define which fields from the field set will appear and their sequence. You may create any number of action codes per conversation, and therefore any number of windows. The figure below shows the select screen from Reference File category 032. Here you combine a field set, in this case the Sales Order Line Maintenance field set (SOLINE), with an action code. A custom action code, Kenning Order Fields (KN), is shown here.
WILLIAMS COMMON FEATURES 5/23/94
DSP01 REFERENCE FILE CATEGORY 032 FUNCTION SELECT
Category Name Windows Action Codes
Field Set(8) Action Cd(2)
Category Key SOLINE KN
XXXXXXXXXX
Request Code 4
1 - Add
2 - Change
3 - Delete
4 - Inquire
F3=Exit F7=End Category F9=Inquiry F8=Display List
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A Field Set and Action Code Combination that Creates a Window.