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HP ALLBASE/BRW Reference Manual

Use Items Screen 

Use this screen to select the items that you want to appear in the
current lineset of your report.  These items are from the final access
table, layout calculated items and parameters.


            

To include an item in your report 

   1.  Type an 'x' or a number between 1 and 99 in the Select field
       adjacent to the items that you want to include.

       HP ALLBASE/BRW includes in the lineset those items that you have
       marked with an 'x', followed by those items that you have marked
       with numbers.

   2.  Press Enter.

The items selected will appear on the Define Lines screen and Output File
screen as non-positioned items.

To include an array element in your lineset 

   1.  Choose Array Item.

   2.  Type the name of the array item at the prompt.

       You need to type only enough characters to uniquely identify the
       array name.

       If you leave the prompt blank, HP ALLBASE/BRW displays the
       elements of the next array item in the final access table.

   3.  Press Enter.

       When HP ALLBASE/BRW displays the array elements, type an 'X' or a
       number between 1 and 999 in the Select field adjacent to the
       element that you want to include.

   4.  Press Enter.

To search for a particular item or array 

   1.  Choose Search Item.

   2.  Type the name of the item at the prompt.

       You need to type only enough characters to uniquely identify the
       item name.

   3.  Press Enter.

If no item matches the characters you enter, HP ALLBASE/BRW positions the
cursor at the next item, in ASCII order, that begins with character
following those you entered.  If no item name begins with characters
following those you entered, HP ALLBASE/BRW positions the cursor at the
end of the list of items.

If you leave the prompt blank, HP ALLBASE/BRW positions the cursor at the
first item in the final access table.

Banner Line 

The banner line (at the top of the screen) shows in which lineset the
items will be postitoned.

Field Descriptions 

Select 

An 'X' or a number between 1 and 999 beside the item that you want to
include.

Item 

The name of the item.

Softkeys 

Array Item 

Prompts for the name of the array to display.

Search Item 

Prompts for the name of the item to search for.

Prev Items 

Displays the previous screenful of items (if any).

Next Items 

Displays the next screenful of items (if any).

Array Item Softkeys 

When HP ALLBASE/BRW is displaying the elements of an array item, it
displays the following Softkeys:

All Items 

Press this to redisplay all the items in the final access table.

Search Element 

Prompts for the number of the element that you want to position the
cursor at.

Prev Array 

Displays the elements of the previous array (if any).

Next Array 

Displays the elements of the next array (if any).

Prev Elements 

Displays the previous screenful of elements in this array (if any).

Next Elements 

Displays the next screenful of elements in this array (if any).

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