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

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RUN ENTRY.PUB.SYS |
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| HP32209v.uu.ff ENTRY (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1986 |
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| ENTER FORMS FILE NAME AND PRESS RETURN:
ORDFORM1 |
| ENTER BATCH FILE NAME AND PRESS RETURN:
ORDATA |
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Figure 3-16. Run ENTRY and the ORDER Form, Batch Record No. 1
Enter and Review Data with ENTRY
In this exercise, using ENTRY, you enter data into the new ORDER form in
the ORDFORM1 forms file.
Action
Run ENTRY, as shown in Figure 3-16. When the prompts are issued, type
the name of the newly compiled forms file, ORDFORM1, and use ORDATA for
the batch file.
Because the ORDFORM1 file has been changed significantly and recompiled,
you should not use the batch file (CUSTLIST) that was used to collect
data in Section 2. Instead, you use a different batch file for
collecting order information by specifying a different name (ORDATA) as
shown. If you had entered the name of an existing batch file previously
used for data collection with a forms file that has been recompiled, a
message would be issued:
WARNING: Forms file recompiled since this batch was created.
Enter "Y" to continue:
This message is issued to insure that you do not unwittingly add data to
a file that already contains data in a different format. Since the
ORDATA batch file is new, this message is not issued.
When the files have been named, ENTRY displays the form, as shown in
Figure 3-16. Note that all fields are blank, except for the Order Number
field that contains the initial value 100000.