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

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INTRODUCTION TO FORMS DESIGN
GETTING STARTED WITH FORMSPEC
Menu at any time from any other menu by pressing MAIN/RESUME. You can return to the
menu from which you requested the Main Menu by pressing
MAIN/RESUME. In this case,
the menu on the screen when
MAIN/RESUME was requested is treated as the current menu.
If you just entered FORMSPEC and the Main Menu is displayed, pressing
MAIN/RESUME
results in a display of the Globals Menu. From the Globals Menu, NEXT FORM causes the
first Form Menu to be displayed;
NEXT causes a Save Field Menu to be displayed.
NOTE The number of Field Menus displayed depends on the number of fields you
defined on the screen for the form. The system automatically displays a Field
Menu for each field named on the screen and displays the default values for
the field. When menus for all fields on a form have been displayed, the Form
Menu is redisplayed. If you have no more forms to design, press
MAIN/RESUME for the Main Menu through which you compile the forms file.
Otherwise, continue defining forms by specifying the next form on the Form
Menu.
Figure 3-3. Relation between Menus and Function Keys
MAIN SEQUENCE
MAIN MENU
GLOBALS MENU
SAVE FIELDS MENU 1
SAVE FIELDS MENU 2
FORM MENU 1
FORM LAYOUT 1
FIELD MENU 2
FIELD MENU 3
FORM MENU 2
FORM LAYOUT 2
FIELD MENU 1
FIELD MENU 2
FIELD MENU 3
PREV FORM
PREV
NEXT
NEXT FORM
EXIT
to MPE
RESUME
MAIN
Current menu
Select menu
or operation
F1
F5
F6
F2
F7
F8
FIELD MENU 1