HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS) Reference Manual (32209-90024)

192 Chapter5
Reformatting Specifications
Relation of Forms to Output Records
Separating Data from One Batch File into Several Output Files
A separate reformat file must be established for each different output file. In Figure 5-8.,
data entered on forms A and B is written as a single record to one output file. Data from
forms A and C is written as two records to a second output file; data from form B is not
written to output file 2.
Figure 5-8. Generating 2 Output Files from 1 Batch File
data:
A
B
C
A
B
C
2
rec #
GLOBALS
INPUT FORMS SEQ
form A
* = start-of-record marker
REFORMAT FILE 1
BATCH FILE
rec #
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
1
OUTPUT FILE 1
A
B
C
A
7
8
9
10
B
A
B
field 1 form A*
OUTPUT REC. DEF
form B
field n form B
OUTPUT FIELD 1
OUTPUT FIELD n
GLOBALS
INPUT FORMS SEQ
form A
REFORMAT FILE 2
field 1 form A*
OUTPUT REC. DEF
field n form A
OUTPUT FIELD (A)
field 1 form C*
OUTPUT REC. DEF
field n form C
OUTPUT FIELD (C)
INPUT FORMS SEQ
form C
2
A
1
C
A
C
4
3
OUTPUT FILE 2
rec #
formatted data:
formatted data: