Specifying the program summary
Select the Summary option. A dialog appears in which you describe your program and select its type. It is good practice to give each program that you create a meaningful description, because this description appears with the program name when you ask QA Build for a list of programs. This makes it easier for you—and possibly other users—to select the intended program. Type this:
Screen heading display
Specifying the program type
Next specify the program type. All QA Build programs must belong to one of the following types:
Data Entry |
updates the database interactively |
Enquiry |
inspects the records on the database without updating |
Batch Update |
updates the database with little or no user interaction |
Report |
prints details of records without updating the database |
Library |
holds and maintains useful procedures |
Although our program does not access the database, select Data Entry as the program type. The reason for this seemingly inappropriate choice is that in the next lesson we shall add an interactive procedure to our program. You may safely accept the defaults for all the other questions in the dialog by clicking on the OK button.