The following options are available from the Production Object
Information window Test Drive menu. When the same option is available
from the Test Drive control panel, the equivalent option is listed
in the second column.
Test Drive menu option
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Test Drive control panel option
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Description
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Start Test Drive
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Field Value
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Starts the test drive for the current
production object. Four windows display:
Test Drive control panel – opens
the Test Drive window. This windows options allow you to control
the testing input, output, and parameters. See
Input Value window – when you enter data
in the Test Drive control panel’s Field Value to test a
production rule, the this window displays the value you entered.
When you use a data file to test a production rule, it displays
the content of the input transaction. The maximum display of the
Input Value window is 256 characters. The data displays in character
format on the top line and in hexadecimal on the second line with
a position notation on the third line.
Output Value window – displays the value
produced by a single selected production rule or by all of a production object’s
rules depending upon whether you used run rule or run all. Like
the Input. The maximum display of is 256 characters. The data displays
in character format on the top line and in hexadecimal on the second
line. The third line has position notation.
Input Field Parsed Data window (Input Field Dump) – displays
parsed results. Click Dump to save the results to a text file.
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Toggle Window
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none
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Allows you to toggle between, open and
close, the four test drive windows (Test Drive, Input/Output
Value, Input Field Parsed Data).
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Load
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Load File
Load First
Load Next
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Load the data to test drive:
Whole File – loads a file that
contains a complete input transaction. When you load a data file,
TRAN-IDE clears the datalink objects and places the appropriate
data into each field object’s datalink, when defined.
First Trxn – loads a data file that contains
multiple transactions, then loads the first transaction in the data
file.
Next Trxn – loads the next transaction
in the data file selected using First Trxn.
Set Trxn Delimiter – opens the Multi-Record
Detail window:
Transaction Separator – if
using a transaction separator character as a delimiter, select one
from the drop-down list of common separators, or type the separator
in the entry field.
Fixed Record Length – if the records have
a fixed length, enter that value.
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Run
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Run All Rules
Run Rule
Run Until
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Select the data to run:
All Output Rules – once a file
is loaded, select this option to run the transaction through the
entire set of production rules in the Production Rules list, in
the order presented in that list.
Current Output Rule – test the currently
selected output rule.
Until Current Output Rule – once a file
is loaded, select this option to run the transaction through the
production rules up to and including the rule currently selected
in the Production Rules list. All production rules after the selected
rule are not run on the transaction.
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View Datalinks
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View Datalinks
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Opens the View Datalinks window and displays
the production object’s datalinks and their contents. The
top pane displays all datalinks. The bottom pane displays the contents of
the datalink selected in the top pane. Click Done to exit and close
the window.
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Find Rule
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Find Rule
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Use this option after testing a complete
production object with all rules. Highlight a portion of data in
the Output Value window and select this option. TRAN-IDE moves the selection
bar in the production rule list to the production rule that generated
the data. If you do not select any data in the Output Value window
and select this option, TRAN-IDE selects the production rule that
generated the data that starts at the far left position in the window.
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End Test Drive
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none
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Stops the test drive.
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Window Geography
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none
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Select from the following options:
Save Current Geo – saves the
current geography of the test drive windows so that the next time
you use the test drive, the windows are in the same position on
the screen.
Load Custom Geo – restorers the test drive
windows to the position on the screen they were in the last time
Save Current Geo was selected.
Load Default Geo – restores the test drive
windows to the TRAN-IDE default location.
Reset Geography – resets the test drive
windows to the position where they were located when the test drive
was started.
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