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

Chapter 3 91
INTRODUCTION TO FORMS DESIGN
MAIN MENU
MAIN MENU
The Main Menu, as shown in Figure 3-17., is the main control menu for all FORMSPEC
operations. If the forms file is new, you usually select
A for Add a form. FORMSPEC then
displays the menus that allow you to define your forms file, as described in "Ease of Forms
Design". If the forms file already exists, you may enter any selection depending on what
you want to do, such as add new forms to the file, select a particular menu in order to
change it, delete a form, and so forth. Most of the options available on the Main Menu are
also available using FORMSPEC in batch mode. (See Section 7 for more information.)
After modifying the forms file, you must compile it before it can be executed with the
modifications. Only those forms of the existing file which have been changed are actually
recompiled, unless a global attribute of the forms file, such as a save field, has been
modified.
Figure 3-17. Main Menu
Fields
A--Add a Form
To add a form, simply type
A in the selection box and press ENTER. In
response, FORMSPEC displays a Form Menu, as shown in Figure 3-18., so
you can define the form. For details of form definition using this menu, see
the description below under "Form Menu".
S--Add a Save field
If you specify S in the selection box and press ENTER, a blank Save Field