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

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USING FORMSPEC IN BATCH MODE
BATCH MODE COMMANDS
BATCH MODE COMMANDS
The following pages show the syntax and description of the batch mode commands that
FORMSPEC accepts in a command file or job stream. Table 7-1. gives a summary of the
batch mode commands, a brief description of their functions, and the interactive
counterpart for each command.
Note that each command must be entered on a separate line and a command may not carry
over to the next line. Leading blanks may be used for indentation. You can also use blank
lines between commands to make the command file easier to read. Comments may be
inserted anywhere in a command file. They may be more than one line long, but they must
be delimited by double arrows
comment .
Table 7-1. FORMSPEC in Batch Mode Commands
Command Function Interactive Counterpart
Batch Mode Commands
COMPILE Compiles the current forms file. Selection X on the FORMSPEC
Main Menu.
COPY Copies forms within the current
forms file, or from another file to the
current forms file.
Selection C on the FORMSPEC
Main Menu.
DELETE Deletes a form from the current
forms file.
Selection D on the FORMSPEC
Main Menu.
EXIT Terminates FORMSPEC in batch
mode.
Function key f8 in any menu.
FIELD Updates field attributes. Field attributes specified on the
FORMSPEC Field Menu.
FILE Declares the current forms file. Forms file name on the Forms File
Menu.
FKLABELS Creates or updates function key
label strings.
FORMSPEC form-specific Function
Key Menu.
FORMS Prints summary information on the
current forms file as well as for each
or all the forms therein.
No interactive counterpart for this
command.
LIST Lists a form or all the forms on the
standard list device.
Selection L on the FORMSPEC
Main Menu.
RELATE Establish family relation between
two forms.
Selection R on the FORMSPEC
Main Menu.
RENUMBER Renumbers fields within a form. No interactive counterpart for this
command.