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

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INTRODUCTION TO FORMS DESIGN
FORM MENU
Fields
Form Name Enter a name to identify the form. The name can be from 1
to 15 characters, either letters of the USASCII alphabet
(A-Z), digits (0-9), or the underline (). The first character
must be alphabetic. The name can be entered using
uppercase or lowercase letters, but all lowercase letters
are shifted to uppercase by FORMSPEC. Thus, if you
enter the name Form2, FORMSPEC changes it to FORM2.
The form name must be unique within the forms file, and
it cannot be one of the reserved words listed earlier in
Table 3-2. Note that the form name can be changed by
replacing the name in the Form Name field. If you change
a form name, you should make sure that references to this
form as "Next Form" in other Form Menus are also
changed.
Repeat Option When the forms in the forms file are displayed, a form may
be repeated and appended to itself (A); it may be repeated
overlaying the previous display of the same form (R); or it
can be a non-repeating form that is displayed on the
screen once (N).
Either repeat option (A or R) causes the form to be
repeated until the application changes the repeat option,
or, in ENTRY, the user presses
NEXT to request the next
different form.
Default No repeat (N).
NOTE Both Repeat Option and Next Form can be changed dynamically within the
application (refer to Section 6) as well as through processing specifications
(refer to Section 4).
Next Form You must enter the name of the next form to be displayed
after the current form. You may also specify whether the
next form is to be appended to the current form, A; and, if
appended, whether the current form is to remain on the
screen when the screen fills up, F. If the screen is to be
cleared before the next form is displayed, leave the default
value, C.
Default Clear (C).