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HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS/V) Printed in U.S.A. HP 3000 Computer Systems HP Part No. 32209-90001 Edition U1187 Printed Nov 1987
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First Edition Nov 1978 32209A.00 Second Edition Jan 1980 32209A Update #1 Apr 1980 32209A.01 Update #1 Incorporated Aug 1980 32209A.01 Third Edition Feb 1981 32209B Fourth Edition Nov 1982 32209B.02 Update #1 May 1983 32209B.03 Update #2 Sep 1984 32209B.04 Update #2 Incorporated Apr 1985 32209B.04 Fifth Edition Jul 1986 32209B.04.17 Update #1 Nov 1987 32209B.05.00 PREFACE This publication is the reference manual for VPLUS/V, a comprehensive software system that operates on the HP 3000 computer system to provide terminal data entry and control for most HP terminals and data capture devices. VPLUS/V provides the following capabilities: * Forms design, including data editing and formatting, and form modification * Stand-alone data entry program * Reformatting of entered data * Programmatic interface to terminals, files, and forms VPLUS/V can be used for stand-alone data entry with no programming effort, or it can be used as a front end to transaction processing applications written in any of the supported programming languages (listed in Appendix A.) VPLUS/V users may be terminal users (such as data entry clerks), forms designers with or without programming experience, or programmers in any of the supported languages. The manual is organized to start with simple operation of the stand-alone data entry program, and progress through the various levels of form design and reformatting, to the intrinsics used for programmatic interface with forms and terminals. In order to use the VPLUS/V system effectively, you should know how to operate the HP terminals used at your facility. If you use the programming interface, you may also need the manual for the programming language in which you are coding. The manuals in the following list contain all the information you might need as a supplement to this manual. Using VPLUS (32209-90004) HP 3000 Guide for the New User (32033-90009) MPE Commands Reference Manual (30000-90009) MPE Intrinsics Reference Manual (30000-90010) MPE Software Pocket Guide (30000-90049) Using Files (30000-90102) Native Language Support Reference Manual (32414-90001) Also, refer to the reference manual for the programming language to be used with VPLUS/V (listed in Appendix A), and the reference manual for your terminal. CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL NOTATION DESCRIPTION COMMAND Commands are shown in CAPITAL LETTERS. The names must contain no blanks and be delimited by a non-alphabetic character (usually a blank). KEYWORDS Literal keywords, which are entered optionally but exactly as specified, appear in CAPITAL LETTERS. parameter Required parameters, for which you must substitute a value, appear in italics. parameter Optional parameters, for which you may substitute a value, appear in standard italics. [ ] An element inside brackets is optional. Several elements stacked inside a pair of brackets means the user may select any one or none of these elements. Example: [ A ] [ B ] user may select A or B or neither. When brackets are nested, parameters in inner brackets can only be specified if parameters in outer brackets or comma place-holders are specified. Example: [parm1[,parm2[,parm3]]] may be entered as parm1,parm2,parm3 or parm1,,parm3 or ,,parm3 ,etc. { } When several elements are stacked within braces the user must select one of these elements. Example: { A } { B } user must select A or B or C. { C } ... An ellipsis indicates that a previous bracketed element may be repeated, or that elements have been omitted. user input In examples of interactive dialog, user input is underlined. Example: NEW NAME? ALPHA1 superscriptc Control characters are indicated by a superscriptc . Example: Yc . (Press Y and the CTRL key simultaneously.) The symbol may be used to indicate a key on the terminal's keyboard. For example, RETURN indicates the carriage return key. CONTROL char Control characters are indicated by CONTROL followed by the character. For example, CONTROLY means the user presses the control key and the character Y simultaneously.