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Testing a Report
There are two possible ways to test this report. The quickest method is
to go into Test mode and use the developer menu bypass facility to
execute any item from a menu.
A second way is to create a menu item on the main menu of your
application to run the report. Both methods are described here. Try
both methods.
Testing by Menu Bypass
This is the quick way available to you as a developer. This method is
not available to end users.
From the developer main menu, follow the steps below to test the report:
Action Explanation
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Activate Test This starts up your application in developer
testing mode.
Press / and then press This is the developer menu bypass facility command.
Return You are prompted for the action you wish to
execute.
Type R-product_rept This refers to the report R- product_rept that have
just created.
Press Return This executes the product_rept report.
When the report commences, HP ALLBASE/4GL displays a message stating that
the report is being prepared. The report is then displayed on the
screen. When the report is finished, the menu screen is redisplayed.
Testing from a Menu
This is an alternative way of running the testing procedure. It involves
creating a new menu item on the main application menu to execute the
reprot.
To do this, start up the screen painter and follow these steps:
Action Explanation
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Enter main This is the name of the screen that you want to
modify. The painter displays the screen in its
current state.
Press Main Keys This displays the main painter keys.
Move cursor to line 9, This provides adequate spacing away from the prompt
column 32 that is already there.
Press Action This displays the action item prompt at the base of
the screen.
Enter R This retrieves the report action and then moves the
cursor to the next field.
Enter product_rept This creates an action item that executes the
product_rept report. The prompt is the short
description of the report from the report header
screen.
Press Return This terminates the creation of the action item
prompt.
Enter Product Report This creates the text for the action item prompt.
Press Exit This saves the screen and exits from the painter.
Having created this menu item, activate the Test option on the developer
main menu and run the report by activating the report option on the
application menu.
When the report commences, HP ALLBASE/4GL displays a message stating that
the report is being prepared. The report is then displayed on the
screen. When the report is finished, the application main menu is
redisplayed.