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

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VPLUS Overview
Product Overview
Figure 1-1. Overview of VPLUS
Designing Forms With FORMSPEC
FORMSPEC enables you to design forms ranging from simple to complex. FORMSPEC
keeps forms in a special file, called a forms file. A forms file can have one or many forms.
There may be multiple forms files per application or multiple applications per forms file,
depending on the complexity of the task to be performed. You must compile the forms file
before using it in an application program. You can modify forms at any time, but you must
recompile the forms file to use the modified forms in your program.
You enter the form specifications on formatted screens, called menus, that FORMSPEC
displays. The Main Menu and terminal function keys enable you to display all of the
FORMSPEC menus. The various menus enable you to perform tasks, such as changing
existing forms, adding new forms, and deleting forms or fields.
DEFINITION
DATA
FORMSPEC
DATABASE
FILE
Entry or
Application
DATA
ENTRY
REFORMATTING
SPECS
OUTPUT
FORMS AND
DATA EDITING
HP 3000 CAPABILITIES
VPLUS
INTRINSICS
REFORMATREFSPEC