Components of a Procedure Body

Each procedure body has the following components:

• Procedure Body Overview

  The procedure body overview defines the type of processing to be carried out, and the conditions to enter and repeat the program

• Table Processing

  You use table processing to define the tables that are used, and how they are accessed

• Screen Layout Definition

  As with all output from DP4, you define the screen layout and output formatting using maps

• Field Processing

  You initialise, validate and perform calculations using the field processing part of a QA Build procedure. The fields need not be database fields - you can also define and process fields that are local to your QA Build program

You can also add conditions and formulas at specific points in your program:

• Conditions

  To test one or more values you include a condition in your program. You can make the execution of a procedure conditional, and you can use conditions to validate the user's entry

• Formulas

  To assign a value to a field, you include a formula. A formula can include operators such as IF THEN ELSE, functions such as TODAY to obtain the current date, and functions that you define in C