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USING THE TERMINAL In order to enter data through VPLUS/V, any of the terminals listed in Appendix G as supported terminals may be used. The HP 262X terminal keyboards generally conform to the one illustrated in Part A of Figure 2-1, and the HP 239X keyboards look like the one shown in Part B of that figure. Refer to your terminal reference manual for complete instructions on terminal use.Figure 2-1. HP Terminal Keyboards Table 2-1. Function Keys for Entry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | Key | Key Action Data Collection | Key | Key Action Browse/Modify Mode | | | Mode | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | HEAD | Display first form in sequence | FIRST | Display first record in batch | | FORM | of forms. | REC | file on form used to enter | | f1 | | f1 | data. | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | f2 | Not used; beeps if pressed | DELETE | Delete current batch record | | | accidentally. | REC | from the batch file. Note | | | | f2 | that you cannot insert a | | | | | record in place of a deleted | | | | | record; any new records are | | | | | added to the end of the batch | | | | | file. | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | PRINT | Print current form on line | PRINT | Same as in Data Collection. | | f3 | printer. Prints form with | f3 | | | | current data (all values typed | | | | | in fields and recorded by | | | | | pressing ENTER). | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | REFRESH | Clear screen; initialize | REFRESH | Same as in Data Collection | | f4 | terminal; and redisplay with | f4 | except that previously entered | | | initial values. On terminals | | data is displayed. | | | with local form storage, clear | | | | | form storage memory and | | | | | reinitialize form storage | | | | | directory. Also used to | | | | | recover from "Unexpected | | | | | Program Interruption", as | | | | | described later in this | | | | | section. | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | f5 | Not used; beeps if pressed | PREV | Display previous record in | | | accidentally. | REC | batch file on form used to | | | | f5 | enter data. | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | NEXT | Interrupt display of repeating | NEXT | Display next record in batch | | FORM | form, and display next form. | REC | file on form used to enter | | f6 | | f6 | data. | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | BROWSE | Enter browse/modify mode. The | COLLECT | Return to Data Collection | | f7 | previous form is displayed | f7 | mode; the window line shows | | | with entered data; the window | | COLLECT. | | | line shows BROWSE. | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | EXIT | Exit from ENTRY; return to MPE | EXIT | Same as in Data Collection. | | f8 | control. | f7 | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Function Keys The terminal function keys are assigned special functions during data entry and subsequent data modification. Depending on whether you are entering new data into the system (data collection) or are reviewing or modifying existing data (browse/modify), these keys have slightly different meanings. The keys are illustrated in Table 2-1 followed by their function for each mode.
NOTE The function keys do not transfer data; ENTER is the only one that transfers data to the data buffer.
Global function key labels for a form can be changed with FORMSPEC (as described in Section 3). The labels you define with FORMSPEC are displayed; however, changing a label does not affect the action associated with the key. Display Enhancements The terminals used for data entry provide display enhancements to highlight portions of the forms display. These enhancements are defined during forms design and may vary depending on how the form is defined. They are, however, generally used to highlight the unprotected fields in which you can enter data, and also to highlight fields in which errors are detected. The data capture devices do not support display enhancements. If not specifically changed by the forms designer, all unprotected fields are shown in inverse video, half bright. If a field is found to contain an error, it is highlighted using full bright, inverse video, and is underlined. (Note that the particular way a field in error is enhanced depends on how the form is designed, and may differ in your application from the enhancements described above.) In general, all enhancements are designed to make it easy to distinguish those fields in which data can be entered as well as those fields where data has been entered incorrectly. Depending on the design, the enhanced unprotected fields also may be delimited by brackets to indicate exactly where data can be entered, or the unprotected fields may simply be enhanced. Printing Forms and Data If you want a "hard copy" of any form, simply press PRINT. In collect mode, the current form with any initial data is printed on the line printer. Unless a specific initial value has been assigned to a particular field by the forms designer, all fields in the form are blank initially. In browse/modify mode, the form is printed with the data previously collected to the current record. Basically, the data you see on the screen is what is printed. However, if you key in data on the form and press PRINT before you press ENTER, the new data is not printed. In collect mode, only initial data displayed with the form is printed. In browse/modify mode, any data already recorded on a batch record is printed.
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