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Using HP ALLBASE/BRW Screens
HP ALLBASE/BRW is screen driven. You define a report by moving from
screen to screen and entering the specifications for the report.
HP ALLBASE/BRW data screens have one or more input fields that allow you
to enter and edit data. Data screens can also have display-only fields
on them. These fields display system or application information. You
cannot change the information in display-only fields.
Entering and Editing Data
When HP ALLBASE/BRW first displays a data screen, it positions the cursor
at the first column of the first input field.
You can type data into any input field. To enter the data, press Enter
or a specific function key.
Editing Fields
You can use any of the following terminal keyboard keys to edit data or
to move the cursor within a data entry field:
* The Insert Char key toggles insert mode on or off. When you are
in insert mode, typing any character inserts the character in
front of the cursor, between existing characters. This causes all
characters to the right of the cursor to move across the field by
one character.
* The Delete Char key deletes the character at the cursor.
* The Backspace key moves the cursor one column to the left within
the current field. Moving the cursor back past the left edge of
the field has no effect on the field.
* The <- key moves the cursor one column to the left within the
current field. Moving the cursor back past the left edge of the
field has no effect on the field.
* The -> key moves the cursor one column to the right within the
current field. Moving the cursor past the right edge of the field
has no effect on the field.
* The ^, v, <-, and -> keys can move the cursor to a position
outside the current field. If you enter any data, the cursor is
immediately returned to the start of the next field in the tabbing
sequence that follows the cursor position and the new data is
inserted there.
* The Tab key moves the cursor to the next input field.
* The Shift Tab combination moves the cursor to the start of the
previous input field if the cursor is at the first column of the
current field. If the cursor is not at the first column, pressing
Tab moves the cursor to the start of the current field.
* The [[home]] key moves the cursor to the first input field on
the current screen.
* The Clear Line key clears the current field from the cursor
position to the right end of the field.
* The Clear Display key clears all input fields from the current
cursor position to the bottom of the screen.
NOTE The Return key has no function in HP ALLBASE/BRW. If you press
Return, the cursor moves to the first column of the terminal
screen.