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

Chapter 2 47
Entering Data with ENTRY
Entering Data
Entering Data
You can enter data only in unprotected fields. Depending on how the forms are designed,
unprotected fields may be delimited by brackets as shown in Figure 2-1, they may be
designated simply by the enhanced display as shown in Figure 2-1, or they may not be
distinguished from the protected areas of the screen. Press
Tab to position the cursor to the
beginning of the next unprotected field.
Figure 2-1. Bracketed Fields
You enter data anywhere within the unprotected field. The brackets, although enhanced
like the field, cannot be overwritten by data. If the data you key into a field does not fill the
field, press
Tab to go to the next field.
After keying all the data into the unprotected fields on the screen, press
Enter. ENTRY
collects the data and tests for errors. If no errors are detected, the data is then written as a
record to the batch file you named when you first ran ENTRY.
Each time you press
Enter, a new record is written to the batch file. Each batch file record
is associated with the data entered on a single form. If a number of appended forms are
displayed on the screen, the data you enter on each form is written to a separate record in
the batch file. (The relationship of records to forms is important during the browse/modify
phase of data entry, described in the section entitled "Viewing and Modifying Data".)
FORMSPEC v.uu.ff Batch Record #4 Mode: COLLECT
[ 100001 ] Order Number:
[ 04/02/98 ]
[]
Date:
SHIP TO:
[]
QTY PART NO. DESCRIPTION UNIT TOTAL
Name
[]
[]
[]
State
[]
Telephone
Address
City
Zip
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