HP 3000 Manuals

HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS/V)

REFSPEC MENUS 

REFSPEC displays menu screens in a predetermined sequence.  As each menu
is displayed, enter the reformatting specifications you want in the
reformat file, and then press ENTER. When ENTER is pressed, the
specifications are written to the reformat file and the next menu in the
sequence is issued.  If you do not want to enter any specifications (on a
menu such as the Globals Menu where defaults are supplied), simply press
NEXT to display the next menu.

When the reformatting is completely defined, request the Main Menu by
pressing MAIN/RESUME. You can then compile the reformat file so that it
can be executed.

The REFSPEC menu screens are shown in Figure 5-9 in the order they are
issued.  First the Reformat File Menu requests the name of the reformat
file.  For a new reformat file, the next menu asks for the name of the
forms file whose data is to be reformatted.  For an existing reformat
file, the Forms File Menu is skipped and the Main Menu displayed.

You can move forwards or backwards through the sequence of menus to
locate a particular menu by pressing NEXT or PREV, respectively.  You can
skip an entire reformat specification by pressing NEXT REFORMAT or PREV 
REFORMAT. (A reformat consists of an input forms sequence and its
associated output record definition.)  These keys allow you to go
directly to the next or previous Input Forms Menu.  An alternate method
is to request the Main Menu by pressing MAIN/RESUME and then selecting a
particular menu.

Press EXIT to return to MPE control from REFSPEC.

Figure 5-9 illustrates the relation between the menu definitions
presented on the REFSPEC menu screens and some of the special function
keys.


NOTE  The number of Output Field Menus issued depends on the number of
      reformat fields defined in the preceding Output Record Menu.  One
      Output Record Menu is issued for each Input Forms Menu.  You may be
      able to specify reformatting with as few as one Input Forms Menu,
      or you may need as many as there are forms in the forms file.



          Figure 5-9.  Relation of REFSPEC Menus to Function Keys 

MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation