Important Observations
- RAMP assigns signatures to screens based on the record formats on the screen
- You can give two or more screens with different signatures the same name. When you do this, the screens are defined in a single screen definition and there is only a one script that handles them.
- You have the option of identifying different variations of a screen if you want to handle them in a different way in the script.
- Minimizing the number of screen definitions and scripts you create and maintain can be very productive.
- Conversely, you can give different names to screens with the same signature. In this case you will need to add a screen element that uniquely identifies the screens to the screen definitions. This is something you would typically do for the IBM i system command screens which all have the same signature.
What You Should Know
- What screen signatures are.
- How to give screens with different signatures the same name.
- How to identify screens that share the signature with another screen.
- How to create and use screen name variants.