HIS Designer Main Menu
The main menu in Host Integration Server Designer (HIS Designer) presents two tabs, Edit and Library, which contain individual commands.
Edit Tab
The following commands appear on the Edit tab of the main menu:
Undo: Undo the last operation.
Redo: Redo the last undo operation.
Cut: Cut the selected item.
Copy: Copy the selected item.
Paste: Paste the copied item to the selected one.
Rename: Rename the selected item.
Delete: Delete the selected item.
Select All: Select all items.
Find and Replace: Find and replace the specified text.
Move Up: Move a parameter up in the list.
Move Down: Move a parameter down in the list.
Library Tab
The following commands appear on the Library tab of the main menu:
Add Method: Add a new method with an integer return type.
Add Parameter: Add a new In\Out integer parameter to the selected method. This command is only visible if the current selection in the tree view or the details view is a method.
Add DataTable: Add a datatable with an integer column.
Add DataTable Column: Add a new integer datatable column to the selected datatable. This command is only visible if the current selection in the tree view or the details view is a datatable.
Add Structure: Add a new structure with an integer member.
Add Union: Add a new union with two integer members.
Add Union Member: Add a new integer union member.
Add Structure Member: Add a new integer user-defined member to the selected structure. This command is only visible if the current selection in the tree view or the details view is a structure.
Import Host Definition: Invoke the Import COBOL Wizard, which enables you to import COBOL to the interface (Class) definition.
Import Library: Invoke the Library Import Wizard, which enables you to import an existing type library or assembly to the interface (Class) definition.
Export Host Definition: Invoke the Export Wizard, which enables you to generate a COBOL\RPG copy book equivalent to the current library.
Definition: Display the definition of the current library in a new Visual Studio default editor window. With .Net libraries, you can display the IDL definition, and with .NET Framework assemblies, you can display the Cobol\RPG definition. When the definition is available in Visual Studio, all standard file operations can be applied to it for example, Save and Save As.
Host Data Definition: