The Add Procedure wizard helps you add a function to an ABL procedure or include file.
This wizard appears when you select .
The following controls are available:
| Function | (Required) Select this option to create a function. Enter a
function name in the Name field. Note: This
option is available only if the current file open in the ABL
Editor is an ADM (adm1 or adm2) file.
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| Override | (Required) Select this option to have the
Name field display a list of the
functions for which you can create overrides. This list is the
user-defined functions of all Super Procedures defined for the
procedure file (excluding those user-defined functions defined as
PRIVATE). This option is disabled when there are no functions to
override. Note: This option is available only if the current file
open in the ABL Editor is an ADM (adm1 or adm2)
file.
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| Name | (Required) Specifies the name of the function. |
| Insert catch block | If checked, adds a CATCH block to the generated procedure stub to support structured error handling. |
| Return type | Specifies the data type of the value returned by the function. |
| Extent | If checked, specifies that the value returned by the function is an extent (array) value and enables the adjacent field to the right where you enter the number of elements in the extent. |
| Insert catch block | If checked, adds a CATCH block to the generated function stub to support structured error handling. |
| Insert finally block | If checked, adds a FINALLY block to the generated function stub to support structured error handling. |
| Private | Specifies the access modifier that applies to a function. If selected, the function cannot called from any other ABL procedure file. |
| DB-Required | If checked, a preprocessor directive is wrapped around the
generated function allowing it to be conditionally excluded from
compilation. For more information, see Specifying DB-Required code blocks. Note: A function that is not DB-Required is
excluded from a data object's client proxy r-code file and only
included in the data object's main r-code file.
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| Insertion position | Determines where the function code is inserted in the source file. |