[Tutorial] SilverDev Wizard - english

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Wizard Tutorial
Develop with just a few clicks
graphical applications on IBM i – AS/400

SilverDev – Wizard Tutorial

Content

1. Introduction. .............................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Schemes Tool............................................................................................................................................. 4
3. Database Viewer ....................................................................................................................................... 4
4. Saving the Scheme.................................................................................................................................... 5
5. Configuring the Table ................................................................................................................................ 6
6. How to Create a Grid with the Wizard ...................................................................................................... 7
7. Generating the Source............................................................................................................................... 9
8. Compiling the Program............................................................................................................................ 10
9. Distributing the Program ......................................................................................................................... 10
10. Running the Program .......................................................................................................................... 12
11. Selection Wizard ................................................................................................................................. 13
12. Create a Form with the Wizard ........................................................................................................... 15
13. Going Further: How to Display an Image ............................................................................................ 17
14. Modifiying the Generated Source ....................................................................................................... 19
15. Protection Against Overwritting ......................................................................................................... 19
16. Tools .................................................................................................................................................... 19

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1. Introduction.

With this tutorial you will learn how to create a graphical application in a few clicks using SilverDev Wizard.

You will create this application :

You have to install SilverDev on your server. You can download a free 60-day trial on
http://www.silverdev.com/test-silverdev.php



2. Schemes Tool

Run the Designer.exe program and sign in with your as400 profile.

1 Access the "Tools/Databas
scheme" menu

The "Schemes" window is

2
displayed on the screen.
Click the "New scheme"
button to open a new blank
scheme

3. Database Viewer

1 Use the "DataBase" icon to display
the database assistant



Type "SILVERDEMO/SDDM*" in the
search field to display all files

2
beginning with sddm in the
SilverDemo library.

The SilverDemo library is installed
with the SilverDev product.

Drag and drop into the scheme the
following files :
• SDDMAUT
• SDDMBKS
• SDDMBKS3

3 • SDDMGEND
• SDDMPUB
• SDDMTHM
Links are created automatically
between the tables.
These links are deduced from the sql
constraints between the tables.

When working on your own files, if there are
no sql constraints between the tables, you can
link two tables in the scheme manually.
To link two tables manually, use the button as shown
on the right.

4. Saving the Scheme.

To save the scheme, use the button shown on the right in the
"Schemes" window.



5. Configuring the Table

Double-click the SDDMAUT table. A dialog box is displayed.
Fill in the "Foreign key parameters" fields as shown below:

Do the same for the SDDMPUB, SDDMTHM and SDDMGENDER tables.

The "pick list" option is selected for the SDDMTHM and SDDMGENDER files, because they do not contain many
records.
The SDDMAUT and SDDMPUB files have too many records to display them all in a pick list, which is why
"External program" is selected for these files.
We'll see later how these settings interact with the Wizard.

Some fields may be filled in automatically. The selection type is chosen based on the number of
records in the table and the field to display is the first alpha field in the table.



6. How to Create a Grid with the Wizard

Select the SDDMBKS3 table in the scheme and choose "Grid wizard" in the right click menu.

In the window displayed, we have chosen to select all options to have the most sophisticated program
possible.

When you click the "Fields" tab, the file’s field list is displayed. The wizard automatically detects the best
column type to suit each field. The NAMEAUT, NAMEPUB and NAMETHEME fields come from tables other
than the one we are working on. They are displayed in a different color.

The previous settings determine which fields are displayed and the column type.

It is possible to add, change or delete certain fields.



1 Click the check box in the Filter
column on the TITLE field row.

2
Tick the "Start" checkbox.
This will generate a search criterion
on the start of the TITLE field.

3 Use the "File/Apply to scheme" menu
to apply the wizard information to the
scheme.

A wizard figure is added to the
scheme.

4 The wizard properties can be
modified by double-clicking this
figure.



7. Generating the Source

1
Now, we are going to generate the
RPG program source using the
"File/Generate" menu.

2
A window is displayed to select a
context.
Select the Silverdemo context.

The results tab is displayed.

3
A grid displays the operations carried
out by the wizard.
Successfully completed operations are
indicated by a green dot.

4 The screen object has now been created, along with the rpg program source that appears in the background.
Close the wizard window to access the rpg source that has been generated.

You can use the F10 key to switch between the rpg source and the screen.



You can change the screen and program source manually, but this is not covered by this tutorial.
For information on how to create a program manually, use the "QuickStart" and "Programming guide"
documents, available to download on http://www.silverdev.com/test-silverdev.php.

8. Compiling the Program

1
To compile the program, use
the "Compiling/Generate
program" menu.

The compilation results are

2
displayed in another window.
Since the rpg source has not
been changed, there is no
reason for compilation to fail.

9. Distributing the Program

Now that we have created our first program, we are
going to use MyDesk to add an icon to run the
application.
Make sure you are a SilverDev administrator by adding
your profile name to the silverdev/psvdadm file.

Run the MyDesk.exe program, sign in using the "Server/Connection"
menu.

Right click the directory where you want to create the icon and access
the "New application" menu.

Fill in the fields as shown on the figure opposite:



A window is displayed to set the access rights to this application.
We choose to authorize everyone to access this application.

The program called by this icon is Silverdemo/Ctuto1.
This program is a cl program created with the following code:

The purpose of this program is to add SILVERDEMO to the library list and to call the lstsddmbks program
created using the wizard.
You can create this cl in SILVERDEMO/QCLSRC source file.



10. Running the Program

You can now double click the icon created in MyDesk.
The program starts and the following screen is displayed:

The application already allows the records
to be filtered on the header field, to be
sorted on one or more columns, to be
deleted or modified directly in the grid.

However, if you double click a row or click the button in the publisher column, an error message is displayed

In the grid wizard, we designed calls to
the FRMSDDMBKS, LSTSDDMPUB and
LSTSDDMAUT programs, but these
programs do not yet exist.

We are now going to use the wizard to
create these programs.



11. Selection Wizard

Select the SDDMPUB table in

1 the scheme, right click and
open the "Selection Wizard"
menu

2 Do not change anything in the
"General" tab.

3
In the "Fields" tab, add a filter
on the NAMEPUB field, like we
did in the main program.

Apply the wizard to Generate the

4 the scheme using
the "File/Apply to
scheme" menu. 5 program source
using the "File/
Generate" menu.



6 Select
context.
the SILVERDEMO

7 The generation results are
displayed in the "Results" tab.

Restart the LSTSDDMBKS

8 program. Now, when you click
the button in the Publisher
column…

9
…the LSTSDDMPUB program is
called and the following
window is displayed.



12. Create a Form with the Wizard

Now, we are going to create
the FRMSDDMBKS program.
This program is called by

1
double clicking the grid of the
main program.

Select the SDDMBKS table in
the scheme, right click and click
the "Form wizard" menu.

In the General tab, the error

2 message type can be changed
to have something more
sophisticated

Note in the parameters tab

3 that the wizard has prepared
two parameters for the
program.

Use the "File/Apply to scheme"
and "File/Generate" menus as
before.

4 The results are displayed:

Then use the "Compile/
Generate program" menu.



Restart the LSTSDDMBKS

5 program; it is now possible to
call the form by double clicking
the grid or via "Form" in the
right click popup menu.

In the form, the button next to

6
the Publisher field calls the
LSTSDDMPUB program that we
have already called from the
main program.

In the Wizard, we specified that
title and price were mandatory.

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So, if we try to validate without
filling in these two fields, a grid
with the error list will be
displayed. Double click a row to
indicate the field in error.



13. Going Further: How to Display an Image

We are going to work on

1
the FRMSDDMBKS wizard
again.
Double click the wizard in
the scheme:

In the wizard window,

2 select the "Fields" tab and
click "Add a calculated
field" menu item.

3 Fill in the fields as shown
on the right:

In the "Custom blocks" tab, write the following code:
C eval img1 = '/silverdev/Demo/Books/images/Img'+
C %char(idbook)+'.jpg'

4
5 Use the "File/Apply to scheme" and "File/Generate" menus.
Then use the "Compilation/Generate program" menu as before.



6 Restart the LSTSSDDMBKS application; the form now has an image:



14. Modifiying the Generated Source

Once a program has been generated by the wizard, the screens or rpg source can be modified manually.
To do so, use the "Tools/Context…" menu item and select a context. The program list in this context is then
displayed. Double click an item in the list to open the rpg source and the screen in design. You can then modify
the generated source like any SilverDeb program.

15. Protection Against Overwritting

Once a program has been modified manually, you cannot use the wizard to overwrite your work; the following
message will be displayed:

The wizard can still be used to generate in another context, under another name or after removing the objects
you have manually changed.

16. Tools
Scheme Printing Change the Appearance of an Object

Open the « Visual properties » menu with a right click.



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