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Advanced Features
Advanced Features Chapter 6
The 5250 Connect includes several advanced features not available in other
Composer Connects. Two of these features: Multi Row processing and Screen
Handling, will be discussed in this chapter.
The 5250 Multi Row Wizard
As discussed previously, the 5250 Connect includes drag and drop capabilities that
allow you to drag data from an XML document into a 5250 or from a 5250 screen
into an XML document quickly and easily; however, in cases where there are a
variable number of rows, and possibly multiple screens of data, using the drag and
drop method is not effective. To resolve this issue, the 5250 Connect includes a
Multi Row Wizard that allows you to specific the mapping of many-to-many data
relationships between a DOM and the 5250 screen. The Multi Row Wizard, which
appears as an option in the Action> New Action menu of a 5250 component, can
be used to input data from an XML document to the repeating area of a 5250
screen, or to output the repeating data from a 5250 screen to an XML document.
The Multi Row Wizard essentially creates repeat loops within the Action Model
that map multiple rows of data automatically from one document or screen to
another until complete, regardless of the number of rows or number of screen
pages.
About the Multi Row Samples in this Document
There are many ways the Multi Row Wizard can be used when inputting or
outputting multiple rows of data to and from XML documents and 5250 screens,
and not every scenario can be addressed in this document. Two basic sample
components are provided here that should give you a clear understanding of how
the Multi Row Wizard is generally used.
