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

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INTRODUCTION TO FORMS DESIGN

FORM MENU

Next Form Name The next form name is entered as a standard form name or

you can enter one of the following system-deﬁned values:

$RETURN Display the previous (but different) form.

$HEAD Display the ﬁrst form (either the ﬁrst in the ﬁle or as

deﬁned on the Globals menu).

$END Terminate forms display with this form.

$REFRESH Display current form cleared to initial values as the next

form.

Note that each of these values has meaning only when the

forms ﬁle is executed. Any value entered for Next Form

Name can be changed through the CHANGE NFORM

processing speciﬁcation described in Section 4.

Default $HEAD

Freeze/Append Option This option allows you to specify how the next form will

interact with the current form. The next form can be

appended to the current form, and if so, the current form

can be frozen on the screen when subsequent forms are

displayed. Note that this option can also be changed by the

CHANGE NFORM ﬁeld processing speciﬁcation described in

Section 4.

Default Clear screen before displaying next form (C).

Function Key Labels To deﬁne or modify form level function key labels, enter a

Y in this box to obtain the Form Function Key Labels

Menu. After function key labels have been deﬁned,

FORMSPEC will place an X in the Function Key Label

ﬁeld. The default function key labels can be reset by

entering an N. If you specify a Y in this ﬁeld, the Form

Function Key Labels Menu is displayed, as shown in

Figure 3-19. The data capture devices do not support

function key labeling.

Reproduced from (opt) This optional ﬁeld is used in the creation of form families,