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USING VPLUS/V AN INTRO. TO FORMS DESIGN Self-Paced Training Guide

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 USING VPLUS/V AN INTRO. TO FORMS DESIGN Self-Paced Training Guide
   USING VPLUS/V AN INTRO. TO FORMS DESIGN Self-Paced Training Guide : COPYRIGHT NO
   GETTING STARTED WITH VPLUS/V
   INTRODUCING FORMSPEC
   INTRODUCING ENTRY
   DESIGN AND USE A SIMPLE FORM
   RUN FORMSPEC
   SPECIFY A FORMS FILE NAME
   SELECT THE ADD OPTION
   DEFINING THE NEW FORM
   TOPIC: FORM MENU FIELDS
   LAYOUT A NEW FORM
   USING THE DEFAULT FIELD EDITS
   COMPILE THE FORMS FILE
   IN CASE OF ERRORS
   RUN ENTRY AND DISPLAY FORM
   ENTER DATA
   CORRECT TYPING ERRORS
   SIMPLE EDITING
   RUN FORMSPEC
   SELECT THE GO TO FORM OPTION
   CHANGE FORM NAME
   ADD NEW FIELDS
   USE NONPRINTING DELIMITERS
   EXAMINE THE FIELD MENU
   TOPIC: FIELD MENU FIELDS
   SPECIFY FIELD TYPE AND INITIAL VALUE
   TOPIC: DATA TYPES
   SPECIFY FIELD EDITS
   ENTER AND REVIEW DATA WITH ENTRY
   CHANGE INITIAL VALUE
   ERROR HANDLING
   MULTIPLE ERRORS
   ENTER DATA
   CHANGE TO BROWSE MODE
   BROWSE THE RECORDS
   RETURN TO COLLECT MODE
   FULL FIELD EDITS
   RUN FORMSPEC
   SELECT GO TO FIELD OPTION
   THE FIELD TOGGLE
   TOPIC: EDIT STATEMENTS
   USE SINGLE VALUE COMPARISONS
   TOPIC: STATEMENT SYNTAX
   USE A TABLE CHECK
   USE PATTERN MATCHES
   CUSTOM ERROR MESSAGES
   USE FULL FIELD EDITS WITH ENTRY
   TEST THE FIELD EDITS
   USE REFRESH IN COLLECT MODE
   REVIEW AND CORRECT ENTERED DATA
   USE REFRESH IN BROWSE MODE
   ADD NEW FORM AND SPECIFY CALCULATED VALUES
   ADD NEW FORM
   SELECT ADD OPTION
   DESIGN THE FORM LAYOUT
   TOPIC: DISPLAY-ONLY FIELDS
   DEFINE FIELDS FOR FORM ORDER
   CALCULATED VALUES
   DEFINE FIELDS FOR THE TOTALS FORM
   TOPIC: IF STATEMENT
   CONDITIONAL CALCULATIONS
   MORE CALCULATED FIELDS
   TOPIC: DATA FORMATTING
   FORMATTING STATEMENTS
   DISPLAY, REVIEW, AND MODIFY CALCULATED VALUES
   REVIEW CALCULATED VALUES
   MODIFY VALUES USED IN CALCULATIONS
   USING SAVE FIELDS AND UNDERSTANDING PHASES
   ADD SAVE FIELDS
   USE THE SAVE FIELDS
   TOPIC: PHASES
   USE PHASES
   TRANSFER VALUES BETWEEN FORMS
   REVIEW VALUES TRANSFERRED BETWEEN FORMS
   REVIEW AUTOMATIC VALUES
   TERMINATE AND RESUME ENTRY IN MID-ORDER
   MODIFY DATA TRANSFERRED BETWEEN RECORDS
   Using Save Fields and Frozen/Repeating Forms
   CHANGE FORMS FILE
   COPY FORMS
   DELETE FORM
   FREEZE FORM, APPEND NEXT FORM
   CHANGE FORM LAYOUT FOR HEAD FORM
   REPEAT CURRENT FORM, APPEND IT TO ITSELF
   DESIGN LAYOUT FOR NEW FORM
   CHANGE FORM NAME
   USE GLOBALS MENU TO IDENTIFY HEAD FORM
   ACCUMULATE TOTALS
   TOPIC: CHANGES TO ACCUMULATED VALUES
   TOPIC: CHANGE FORM SEQUENCE PROGRAMMATICALLY
   ENTER DATA ON REPEATING FORM
   TERMINATE REPEATING FORM
   AUTOMATIC TERMINATION OF REPEATING FORM
   DELETE RECORDS FROM BATCH FILE
   Document Forms and Compile Fast Forms File
   ADD COMMENTS TO PROCESSING SPECIFICATIONS
   LIST ENTIRE FORMS FILE
   LIST SINGLE FORM
   COMPILE TO FAST FORMS FILE
   RUN ENTRY WITH FAST FORMS FILE
   PRINT FORMS (COLLECT MODE)
   PRINT DATA (BROWSE MODE)
   Forms File Listing
   GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THIS GUIDE

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