Setting a Patch Number

To set a patch number as the current patch number, perform one of the following actions

• Select the Set Patch Number command from the File menu in the JADE development environment.

  The Set Patch Number dialog is then displayed.

  1. If no patch number is set up and you enter a patch number in the combo box, a message box is displayed, advising you that the patch number does not exist and prompting you to click the Yes button if you want to create it.

     The Patch Number Update dialog is then displayed. For details, see "Adding a Patch Number", earlier in this chapter.

  2. In the Patch Number combo box, select the patch number that you want to use in the current schema. (All recently used patch numbers in the current schema are available for selection.)

  3. Click the OK button. Alternatively, click the Cancel button to abandon your selection.

  The selected patch number as then set, as is indicated by it being displayed in red in the Patches Browser.

• In the Patches Browser, select the patch number that you want to set to be the current patch number and then select the Set command from the Patches menu. (The Set command is disabled when you select a closed patch or the patch number that is the current patch number.)

  The patch number is then set to be the current patch number, indicated by it being displayed in red in the Patches Browser. (For details about unsetting the current patch number, see "Unsetting a Patch Number", later in this chapter.)

The patch control hook is called with user-name, patch-number, "", "", "", 0. (For details, see "Patch Control Hook", in Chapter 2 of the JADE Object Manager Guide.) See also "Setting Up a Patch Number", earlier in this chapter.