HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS) Reference Manual (32209-90024)
Chapter 3 95
INTRODUCTION TO FORMS DESIGN
FORM MENU
FORM MENU
The name and characteristics of each form are specified on the Form Menu. As soon as the
Menu specifications are entered, FORMSPEC displays a blank screen on which you design
the layout of the form. This form layout phase establishes the field names and their
characteristics. Based on the form layout, FORMSPEC then displays a Field Menu for
each field established on the form.
The Form Menu is displayed once for each form you define. When you have no more forms
to define, press
MAIN/RESUME to display the Main Menu in order to compile the forms file.
The Form Menu is illustrated in Figure 3-18.
FORMSPEC stores forms in alphabetic order. When new forms are added to the forms file,
they are inserted in the USASCII collating sequence. The Globals Menu (see description
later in this section) allows you to specify which form is to be executed first. This form can
be referenced by the system-defined value $HEAD. If you do not specify the head form name,
$HEAD defaults to the first form in the file. Adding a new form may change the value of this
default.
Figure 3-18. Form Menu
You must specify at least a form name on the Form Menu. Default values are provided for
the remaining specifications. If these defaults are not what you want, you can overwrite
them with other values. If satisfied with the defaults, press
ENTER to go directly to form
layout.
PREV
FORM
NEXT
FORM
REFRESH
PREV NEXT MAIN/
RESUME
EXIT
FORMSPEC v.uu.ff Form Menu FORMS FILE: filename
[] Form Name
[
R
]
[
C
]
[]
Repeat Option
Next Form
Function Key Label
[]
Reproduced from
(opt)
N--No Repeat
A--Repeat, appending
R--Repeat, overlaying
C--Clear before Next Form
A--Append Next Form
F--Freeze, then append Next Form
Y--Define form level function key labels.
[$HEAD ]
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