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HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Self-Paced Training Guide

Objectives 

When you have completed this lesson, you will have learned how to create
a data screen for the training application.

You will have learned how to perform the following four tasks:

   *   Define the screen header using the screen header screen.

   *   Paint the screen image using the screen painter.  This includes
       performing these steps:

          *   Painting system items and text items on a data screen.

          *   Using "column mode" to enter vertically aligned screen
              items.

          *   Creating a number of data input fields on the screen.

   *   Define the screen field details using the screen fields details
       screen.  This task includes performing these steps:

          *   Specifying the data movement details for the input and
              display fields on a data screen.

          *   Specifying the behavioral characteristics of screen fields.

          *   Associating a logic function with a screen field.

          *   Specifying the data validation and data formatting
              performed for each screen field.

   *   Generate the data screen.

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