Task 1 - Defining the Screen Header [ HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Self-Paced Training Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Self-Paced Training Guide
Task 1 - Defining the Screen Header
Menu Path
1. From the main menu, select the Screens option.
2. Choose Header.
Description
This screen allows you to define the essential characteristics of a data
screen. It's the same screen you used to define the header for the menu.
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Data Screen Header Screen
To enter the field values:
Field Entry Explanation
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Screen product_scrn The name of the data screen in this
application.
Secured Accept the default.
Screen Type D Indicates the screen type you are defining.
D indicates a data screen.
Automatic Numbering Accept the default. Field specifies the way in which the data
fields on the screen are numbered. Y
specifies automatic numbering.
This means that the fields are numbered
sequentially from left to right, and top to
bottom, starting at the top leftmost field.
This determines the order in which the
fields are processed as the user follows
the standard tabbing sequence through the
screen.
Table 3-0. (cont.)
Field Entry Explanation
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Clear Fields on Accept the default Indicates which fields are cleared when the
Commit value of B. user presses the Commit Data function
key. (See Entry Notes section.)
Function Keys Accept the default.
Screen Help Name Accept the default.
Scroll: Top line Don't enter anything
in this field.
Window Starting Line Don't enter anything The Function Keys, Screen Help, Top Line
Number in this field. and Window Starting Line Number fields are
described in detail in later lessons.
Description Enter a description
for documentation.
Entry Notes
Possible entries for the Clear Fields on Commit field are:
I = Input.
D = Display.
B = Both.
N = None.
To complete and commit the screen:
1. When you have completed all of the field entries, press the
Commit Data function key to create the screen header.
The screen header is now complete, and you can create the screen image
with the screen painter.
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