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

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USING FORMSPEC IN BATCH MODE
ARB BATCH MODE COMMANDS
ARBTOSCREEN
Create/update the datatype conversion rules for converting ARB field contents to screen
field contents.
Syntax
ARBTOSCREEN [ chartype, inttype, realtype, packtype, zonetype ]
Parameters
chartype The conversion type for ARB fields with type CHAR.
inttype The conversion type for ARB fields with type INT or DINT.
realtype The conversion type for ARB fields with type REAL or LONG.
packtype The conversion type for ARB fields with type PACK, PACK0, PACK1,…
PACK9, SPACK, SPACK0, SPACK1,…SPACK9.
ZONETYPE The conversion type for ARB fields with type ZONE, ZONE0, ZONE1…
ZONE 9.
Discussion
This command creates/updates the datatype conversion rules for converting ARB data
types to screen data type. If a data type update is omitted, then the current default for that
type is retained. If no update parameters are specified, all ARB-to-screen conversion types
are set to CHAR, the default. Leading commas must be supplied.
Valid data type updates are: CHAR, YMD, MDY, DMY, DIG, NUM(
n ) NUMA, IMP n IMPA
EXAMPLE
The command:
ARBTOSCREEN, DIG, NUM
Sets the conversion type for INT and DINT ARB fields to DIG and for REAL and LONG
ARB fields to NUM.