HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual - HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems - Edition 1 (32715-90001)
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Setting Field Order and Individual Field Enhancements. After creating
the fields, the frame, and the text, press the ENTER FORM softkey to
display the softkeys that control field order and enhancements. Your
screen will be displayed. The softkeys at the bottom control
enhancements and order. You can make changes to the form layout (frame,
fields and text) by pressing the CHANGE LAYOUT softkey.
The cursor will be positioned at the bottom of the screen in the only
active line on the screen. The input order, output order and current
enhancement of the first field will be displayed on the bottom line of
the screen. That first field blinks and displays the currently defined
fill character for its type.
The following procedures change the order in which the fields are
accessed:
Field Type Procedure
Input Type the input order number the field will have next to
the "INPUT NO:" prompt on the bottom line.
Output Type the output order number the field will have next to
the "OUTPUT NO:" prompt on the bottom line.
Input/Output Use both of the above procedures for input and output
fields.
Table F-1 lists the available enhancements, and the character string that
represents them.
Table F-1. Enhancements
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| Character String | Enhancement |
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| H | Field appears half as bright as normal text. |
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| I | Field appears in inverse video. (Dark characters on a light |
| | background). |
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| U | Field appears underlined. |
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| B | Field blinks. |
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| None | Field appears like ordinary text. |
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To use any of these enhancements, enter the character string for that
enhancement in the inverse video field next to the "ENHANCEMENT:" prompt
on the bottom line.
Any combination of the character strings can be entered in any order in
the "ENHANCEMENT:" field to give the current field that combination of
enhancements. Press the SAVE VALUES softkey to store the new values.
Use the NEXT FIELD and PREVIOUS FIELD softkeys to select different fields
for enhancements and ordering.
The DEFAULT ENHANCEM and DEFAULT IO ORDER softkeys reset the display
enhancements and access order respectively. Pressing either of these