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HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Self-Paced Training Guide

The Next Step 

The data manipulation components of this application are now complete.
With the logic you have created, you should be able to use the
application to add, delete, and modify product records according to
processing rules for the application.

There are a few small things you must do before you can run the
application.  You must alter the main menu so that you can call up the
product_scrn screen in the correct update mode, and you must create the
messages that the logic blocks call.

Follow these instructions now to alter the main menu.

Altering the Main Menu 

Painting the Screen Again.   

This is what the main menu will look like when you have repainted it.


          Altered Main Menu for Training Application 

To alter the main menu: 

   1.  Call up the main menu in the screen painter.

   2.  Delete the Product Details action item.

       Remember that to delete an item, you use the  Delete  function key
       from the Layout Keys function key set.

   3.  Change the Product Report text to read Report.

       If this action item doesn't exist on your main menu, refer to
       chapter 6, lesson 13 and follow the instructions for adding it to
       the menu.

   4.  Add the following action items.

       Where you place them on the screen is up to you.  The screen image
       above is one suggested format for the menu.

Type                  Name                  Text 

F (function)          prod_add              Add

F (function)          prod_modify           Modify

F (function)          prod_delete           Delete

   5.  When you have defined these items, exit from the painter.

       HP ALLBASE/4GL saves the menu as you exit.

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