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Input assistance for property or method in Structure View

This functionality gives you input assistance support when Fujistu vendor is selected. Based on your selection made for property, getter method, setter method and other method, COBOL IDE creates the related code, which can be inserted in the active COBOL file of the editor. This input assistance option is provided through context sensitive menu (which is displayed only when the property or method is selected). The input assistance will be enabled even if the REP or REPIN compiler options are not set. The IDE shows the .rep files in the project.

+To input Property code

1. Select [Property] option from any class of a repository file.
2. Select [Add detail] from its context menu. The [Add Property Details] dialog box appears with the details such as name of the class, name of the property selected by you and the type of the property.

   
   
   

3. Select [Property Name] or [Uniqueness Name] or [Setter] or [Getter] option.
   

   Option selected	Data to be entered
   Property Name	None
   Uniqueness	None
   Setter (Factory property)	Data Item Name
   Getter (Factory property)	Data Item Name
   Setter (Object property)	Data Item Name, Object Name
   Getter (Object property)	Data Item Name, Object Name

4. The [Inserted Text] area displays the text that would be inserted in the editor at the cursor position.
5. Click on [OK] to insert the text displayed in the [Inserted Text] area, into the editor where the cursor is positioned and close the dialog box. Click on [Cancel] to close the dialog box without inserting the text.

+To input Method code

1. Select a Method from any class of a repository file.
2. Select [Add detail] from its context menu.
3. Based on the Method selected various options are provided by the [Add Method Details] dialog box.

   
   
   

   Condition	Text boxes provided
   Method selected is an object method	Object Name.
   If the object / factory method requires input parameters	Parameters (Number of parameters depends on the method selected)
   If the method requires a return type	Return Item.

4. Enter the data in the text boxes or click on to enter data using the [Select Parameter] dialog box.

   
   
   

5. The preview area displays the text that would be inserted in the editor at the cursor position.
6. Click on [OK] to insert the text and close the dialog box. Click on [Cancel] to close the dialog box without inserting the text.

• The Input Assistance for COBOL is applicable only in the active COBOL file.