Each form is associated with a picture that is displayed when
the form is requested during execution. This picture is called the
"form". You design the form on a blank display screen, as shown
in Figure 3-20 “Form Layout Menu”, using all the terminal capabilities
associated with block mode.
Once you have entered your headings and other text, and delimited
the data fields, the form is basically designed. Each field has
default field attributes assigned to it by FORMSPEC, so that unless
you want to specify different attribute or processing specifications
for the field, form design is complete.
Figure 3-20 Form Layout Menu
Note that you can use the terminal escape sequences or function
keys to enhance the text. If you display another set of function
keys (such as with AIDS or MODES) while designing the screen, you must restore the function
keys to their FORMSPEC-defined values (such as with USERKEYS) before continuing forms design on the next menu.
Note that if you are designing a form to run on the HP 264X
terminals, you must not use column 79 if the form is to be part
of a form family nor use column 80 if the form is to be either appended
or part of a form family. A multiline field must go all the way
through column 80 in order to continue on the next line.
