HP 3000 Manuals

HP RPG/XL Utilities-Part 2 RISE

FORM 

FORM displays an RPG Record Specification form or column indicator on the
screen.

Form 

     FO[RM] form

Parameter Explanation 

"form"           Meaning

H                Header specifications

F                File specifications

E                File extension specifications

L                Line counter specifications

I                Input specifications

C                Calculation specifications

O                Output specifications

CO[L]            Column indicator


NOTE  Space is not required between command and parameters.


Purpose 

The FORM command enables you to display an RPG Record Specification form
of the type "form" in Line mode.  This gives you a visual "heading" for
the form with abbreviated explanations of the entries expected for the
columns.  A column indicator is also available with the "COL" option.

Related Commands 

While in ADD mode you can change forms by entering:

     ^^ form

Execution mode:  Line

Examples 

The following are legal abbreviations which may be used with the FORM
command and its parameters:

FORMH            Display Header Specification form.

FOO              Display Output Specification form.

FOCOL            Display column indicator.

In the first example, a non-existent form is called for, using the FORM
command.  It generates an error message (1).  The command is then entered
correctly for the Column Indicator to be displayed (2).

The Column Indicator is displayed and SIMCAL, which is the work file, is
listed (3).  <Control Y> halts the listing (4).

          >
          >FORM XSPECS
     (1)        ^
           Error 173: Only H,F,E,L,I,C,O, or COl allowed.

     (2)  >FORM COL

                   0         1         2         3         4         5        6          7
          12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

     (3)  >L A
              1     00011H
              SIMCAL
              2     00012FINPUT   IP  F       72           DISK
              3     00013FOUTPUT   O  F       72           DISK
              4     00014IINPUT   AA  01   1  CA
              5     000151        OR  02   1  CS
              6     00016I        OR  03   1  CM
              7     00017I        OR  04   1  CD
              8     00018I        OR  05
              9     00019I                                        8   72OPRND1
             10     00020I                                        9  132OPRND2          99

     (4)  <Control Y>
          >

In the second example, an error is generated when FORM is entered without
a particular form specified (1).  The FORM command is then correctly
entered, with the Header Specification form specified, and the form is
displayed (2).  The first line of SIMCAL is listed and shown in
relationship to the Header Specification form (3).

          >
     (1)  >FORM
           Error 173: Only H,F,E,L,I,C,O, or COl allowed.

     (2)  >FORMH

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