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

42 Chapter2
Entering Data with ENTRY
Running ENTRY
Printing Forms and Data
To print any form, simply press PRINT. In Collect mode, the current form with any initial
data is printed on the line printer. Unless a specific initial value has been assigned to a
particular field by the forms designer, all fields in the form are blank initially. In
Browse/Modify mode, the form is printed with the data previously collected to the current
record.
Ordinarily, the printed form contains the data that appears on the screen. However, if you
key in data on the form and press PRINT before you press
Enter, the new data is not
printed. In Collect mode, only initial data displayed with the form is printed. In
Browse/Modify mode, any data already recorded on a batch record is printed.
Running ENTRY
To run ENTRY, log on to the HP 3000 and type the following command:
:RUN ENTRY.PUB.SYS
Then press Return.
Specifying ENTRY Files
After you start ENTRY, it prompts you for a forms file name where the data entry forms
are stored. It also prompts for the name of the batch file where you want to save the data.
If you do not know the names of these files, ask your application manager.
The forms file is a standard MPE file identified by its data file name. It may be fully
qualified by account, group name, and lockword.
The batch file is a standard MPE file. If the named batch file does not exist, a new file is
created automatically. If the file already exists, it is opened so that new data can be added
to the end of the existing data in the file.
Responding To ENTRY Prompts
ENTRY prompts for the forms file name as follows:
ENTER FORMS FILE NAME AND PRESS RETURN:
Type the desired forms file name and then press Return. If a password is associated with a
forms file, you are prompted for it twice. The forms file must be opened twice: first to
determine the forms file type (KSAM or non-KSAM), and then to open it in the correct
mode. If you want to avoid being prompted twice for the forms file password, enter it along
with the forms file name in the format: formsfile/lockword.
ENTRY then prompts for the batch file name:
ENTER BATCH FILE NAME AND PRESS RETURN:
Enter the batch file name. If the batch file name you entered is an existing file to which
data has already been written, you may receive the following message: