HP 3000 Manuals

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

CORRECT TYPING ERRORS 

Before you can correct a typing error, such as the misspelling shown in
Figure 2-12, you must position the cursor at the field to be corrected.
If the cursor is above the field, where "above" means closer to the top
of the terminal screen than the field to be corrected, then you simply
press TAB until the cursor is at the desired field.  If the cursor is
below the field, where "below" means closer to the bottom of the terminal
screen, then you must move the cursor towards the top of the screen.
Since the direction is the reverse of that provided by TAB, it is called
backtab.  How you backtab is determined by the type of terminal that you
are using:

 *  On HP 264X terminals, you backtab, which is to move from the current
    field to the one above, by pressing CONTROL and TAB simultaneously.

 *  On HP 262X and HP 239X terminals, and on HP personal computers, you
    press SHIFT and TAB simultaneously to backtab.

Another method is to press TAB repeatedly until the cursor reaches the
desired field.

Once you position the cursor at the field to be corrected, you simply
type over the data in the field with the correct data.

Action 

Practice backtabing, using the method appropriate to your terminal.

Correct any fields with typing errors.  When your data matches Figure
2-12, press ENTER to record the data for Record #1.

The cursor can be anywhere on the form when you press ENTER.


          Figure 2-13.  The SHIPTO Form, Ready for Record No.  2 

Once you press ENTER to write the data to the batch file, ENTRY then
displays the next form in the forms file.  Since there is only one form
in this forms file, ENTRY clears the screen and displays the SHIPTO form.
ENTRY is now ready for Record #2, as shown in Figure 2-13.  The current
record number is always displayed in the window line.

Action 

If you specify data on this form and press ENTER, the data specified is
written to Record #2 of the batch file CUSTLIST. The SHIPTO form is
displayed, ready for Record #3, and so on.  You may continue entering
data in this manner if you so desire.

Press EXIT to terminate ENTRY.

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