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

PREFACE
The Using VPLUS/V: An Introduction to Forms Design self-paced training
guide is intended to show you how to design forms. The Guide is useful
on several levels. Its primary use is as a self-teaching tool to
designing forms with FORMSPEC and then entering data in these forms
through ENTRY. It can also be used as a guide to using particular
features of either FORMSPEC or ENTRY.
You should be familiar with the HP 3000 in order to use this guide. If
not, refer to the
HP 3000 Guide for the New User (32033-90009).
As a training tool, the Guide is most effective if you sit down at a
terminal connected to an HP 3000 system with VPLUS/V. Then, following
the
instructions in the Guide, design an increasingly complex set of forms
and enter data into these forms at each step along the way. For best
results, at least the first time, you should use the same forms and data
illustrated in the Guide.
The Guide starts with a very simple form with no edits and no special
processing. It then proceeds step-by-step through the stages of forms
design until you have a set of forms that use the highest level of
processing. The final forms include automatic calculation of values,
passing values between forms, and the use of conditions and phases.
Possible relations of one form to another are illustrated through fro-
zen,
repeating, and appended forms.
As a guide to specific features of FORMSPEC and ENTRY, you can treat the
Guide as a set of separate examples. Each section illustrates a new
feature of forms design by showing how this feature is actually used.
Before going on to the next feature, it shows how each new form appears
to the ENTRY user.
In order to help you find the particular aspect of forms design or data
entry that interests you, the first page of each section lists the
subjects that are covered in that section. If you come across terms you
do not understand, consult the Glossary of Terms at the end of the Guide.
This Guide is not intended to be an exhaustive description of VPLUS/V.
For all its features, you should refer to the
VPLUS/V Reference Manual
(32209-90001).