Using VPLUS: An Introduction to Forms Design (32209-90004)

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Figure 6-1. The Menu Sequence for Global and Save Field Menus
As shown in Figure 6-1, there are two paths to the Save Field Menus.
Remember, with either path, you must first reach the Main Menu by running
FORMSPEC and requesting the forms file by name on the Forms File Menu.
Once at the Main Menu, one path is to enter S in the selection box at the
Main Menu and press ENTER. A Save Field Menu will be displayed (shown
later in this section) on which you can define a new save field. You
define or modify save fields in the same manner as you define or modify
other field or form definitions. That is, you change those values you
want to modify and then press ENTER to record the changes.
The other path is a result of the fact that the Save Field Menus are
positioned between the Globals Menu (discussed in Section 7) and the
first Form Menu. This positioning off the main stream of form definition
reflects the function of the Globals Menu and the Save Field Menus, which
are used to define characteristics that are "global"--apply to the en-
tire
forms file. Being off the main stream means that you cannot go directly
to an existing save field from the Main Menu as you can go directly to
specific field or form definitions. Therefore, you use this other path
when you want to examine your save field definitions or modify them.
Specifically, you enter G in the selection box on the Main Menu and press
ENTER to go to the Globals Menu (described in Section 7). Then press
NEXT to display the first Save Field Menu. Thereafter, you use PREV or
NEXT to display the defined Save Field Menus, if any. After displaying
the first blank Save Field Menu following any defined save fields, NEXT
causes the first Form Menu to be displayed.