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

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Reformatting Specifications
Output Record Menu
Fields
Field Name (Required)
Identifies the field in the batch file to be written to the output file. The field
name must identify an existing field in one of the forms specified in the
preceding input sequence.
The field name need not be unique to the output definition. But, if it is not
unique, a different output field name must be entered for each identical
input field name.
Substring Strt (Optional)
If you want to retrieve a portion of an input field that is not at the
beginning of the field, specify the first character position that you want
written to the output field as the Subst Strt value. Character positions in a
field are numbered from 1. For example, suppose you want only the last
five characters of a 20-character field written to the output file, enter 16
under Subst Strt. Used in combination with the Len parameter, you can
specify any group of consecutive characters in an input field.
Default = First character in field (1).
Substring Len (Optional)
Allows you to retrieve only a portion of an input field. For example, if you
want only the first five characters in a field, leave the Subst Strt field
blank and enter 5 under Len. By combining the Len specification with the
Subst Strt specification, you can select any consecutive group of characters
in the input field. For example, to select characters 5 through 14 of the
input field, set Subst Strt to 5 and Len to 10.
Default = length of input field - Subst Strt + 1
Form Name (Optional)
Identifies the form in which the input field appears. This parameter can be
included when a field with the same name appears in more than one form
in the forms file. If omitted, and the field name is not unique, the first form
in the input forms sequence in which the field appears is assumed.
Default = First form in which field appears.
Field Name (Optional)
In case the input field name is not unique, you can give the field (or portion
of the field) a unique identifier in this position. Any legal 15-character
identifier can be specified. (Note that any lowercase letters are shifted to
all uppercase by REFSPEC.)
Default = Input field name.