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

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describe a particular statement; a comment is listed
with the forms file, but does not appear at forms file
execution.
compile a forms Make the forms file ready for use; each time a forms
file file is changed it must be re-compiled so that the
changes are available to an application or to ENTRY.
conditional Type of FORMSPEC processing statement that is executed
processing only when a condition is true; conditional processing is
always introduced by an IF statement.
constant A literal value used in FORMSPEC processing statements;
character type constants are surrounded by quotes, data
type constants by exclamation points, numeric constants
do not use delimiters.
custom error A message associated with a particular field edit to be
message displayed in the window line of a form when a field
fails the edit; this message is issued only if the field
is in error and is the first field in screen order.
data Values entered through an application or ENTRY into
forms designed by FORMSPEC. ENTRY then writes the data
to the batch file.
data collection The process of entering data through ENTRY and writing
that data to batch file.
data formatting The reorganization of entered data according to
automatic formatting rules or as a result of formatting
statements.
data type Determines type of data that can be accepted in a field;
may be character type, a numeric type, or a data type.
data type field A field in a FORMSPEC form into which only a date may be
entered; specific date types are DMY, MDY, and YMD.
DELETE REC f2 ENTRY function key used to delete the currently
displayed record from the batch file.
delimiters Symbols used to mark the start and end of each field on
the screen for a FORMSPEC form; standard delimiters are
opening and closing brackets ([ and ]); non-printing
delimiters may be entered by using ESCAPE with brackets.
DIG Data type used to indicate a numeric type field into
which only digits (whole numbers) can be entered.
display-only A field in a FORMSPEC form that does not accept data
field entered by the user; data is moved to such fields as a