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

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Reformatting Specifications
REFSPEC Menus
REFSPEC Menus
REFSPEC displays menu screens in a predetermined sequence. As each menu is
displayed, enter the reformatting specifications you want in the reformat file, and then
press
ENTER. When ENTER is pressed, the specifications are written to the reformat file
and the next menu in the sequence is issued. If you do not want to enter any specifications
(on a menu such as the Globals Menu where defaults are supplied), simply press
NEXT to
display the next menu.
When the reformatting is completely defined, request the Main Menu by pressing
MAIN/RESUME. You can then compile the reformat file so that it can be executed.
The REFSPEC menu screens are shown in Figure 5-9. in the order they are issued. First
the Reformat File Menu requests the name of the reformat file. For a new reformat file, the
next menu asks for the name of the forms file whose data is to be reformatted. For an
existing reformat file, the Forms File Menu is skipped and the Main Menu displayed.
You can move forwards or backwards through the sequence of menus to locate a particular
menu by pressing
NEXT or PREV, respectively. You can skip an entire reformat specification
by pressing
NEXT REFORMAT or PREV REFORMAT. (A reformat consists of an input forms
sequence and its associated output record definition.) These keys allow you to go directly to
the next or previous Input Forms Menu. An alternate method is to request the Main Menu
by pressing
MAIN/RESUME and then selecting a particular menu.
Press
EXIT to return to MPE control from REFSPEC.
Figure 5-9. illustrates the relationship between the menu definitions presented on the
REFSPEC menu screens and some of the special function keys.
NOTE
The number of Output Field Menus issued depends on the number of
reformat fields defined in the preceding Output Record Menu. One Output
Record Menu is issued for each Input Forms Menu. You may be able to specify
reformatting with as few as one Input Forms Menu, or you may need as many
as there are forms in the forms file.