Working with Routines

When you create, view, or edit a routine, the Server Routine dialog box appears. This dialog box has five pages: General, Creator, Arguments, Code, and Dependencies.

There are five buttons in the Server Routine dialog box. Their availability depends on the action you are performing and the type of routine you are editing.

• Close. Closes the Server Routine dialog box. If you have any unsaved changes, you are prompted to save them.
• Save. Saves the routine.
• Compile. Compiles a saved routine. This is available only when there are no outstanding (unsaved) changes.
• Test... . Tests a routine. This is available only for routines of type Transform Function and Custom UniVerse Function. This is because you cannot test before-subroutines and after-subroutines in isolation. This is active only when the routine has compiled or referenced successfully.
• Help. Invokes the Help system.