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

COMPILE TO FAST FORMS FILE 

After your forms file is completely defined so that you expect no further
modifications, you can compile the file to a fast version.  A fast forms
file uses only the compiled machine-readable version of the forms
definitions, thereby using fewer records.  It also reduces the record
size to a minimum.  As a result, this condensed forms file can be
executed significantly faster than a regular forms file.

A fast forms file is not, however, acceptable to FORMSPEC. Thus, it
cannot be modified.  If you must modify your forms file after compiling
it to a fast forms file, you should use your original forms file and then
recompile it to the fast file.

Assuming you have run FORMSPEC and opened a forms file, the steps to
compile a forms file to a fast forms file are:

   1.  On the Main Menu, specify a X in the selection box and a name for
       the fast forms file.

   2.  Press ENTER.

Action 

Using the steps outlined above, compile the ORDFORM1 forms file to a fast
forms file called ORDFORMF. Figure 8-6 shows the values to enter on the
Main Menu.

When you press ENTER, the fast forms file is compiled.  Although
compilation to this file may take longer than a normal compilation,
subsequent execution by ENTRY is faster.
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|     :RUN ENTRY.PUB.SYS                                                  |
|                                                                         |
|     HP32209v.uu.ff ENTRY (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1986                   |
|                                                                         |
|      ENTER FORMS FILE NAME AND PRESS RETURN: ORDFORMF                   |
|      ENTER BATCH FILE NAME AND PRESS RETURN: DATA7                      |
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          Figure 8-7.  Run ENTRY--The Next Sequential Record 

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