Generation Order

The Generation order checkbox allows you to turn off whether the order that objects will be generated in is shown. The order is important if you are using variables to make sure that variables are not used before they are defined. To help with this REPORTER can show the order that the objects are generated in.

When the generation order button is turned on REPORTER shows a number next to each item that will be generated. The number is the order that the items will be generated on this page. In the image on the right you can see that the first 5 library programs in the table are generated one after another but the last one is generated later on (8th on the page). Showing the numbers helps to identify problems with objects being generated in the wrong order (e.g. perhaps the last library program should have been generated 6th on the page instead of 8th). See Effect of object order on generating a report for more details on generation order.