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

Chapter 1  GETTING STARTED WITH VPLUS/V 

VPLUS/V provides two programs that enable you to design a set of forms to
be displayed at a terminal, and then enter data into these forms.  The
entered data is transferred to a disc file, known as the batch file.  The
two programs are:

FORMSPEC         To design forms.  The design includes how the form
                 appears on the screen, the sequence in which forms are
                 issued, and rules that determine the type of data to
                 enter and how that data is to be processed.

ENTRY            To enter data.  Data entry is controlled by the forms
                 design.  Forms are issued automatically, data is edited
                 and formatted according to the rules included in the
                 forms design.  All acceptable data is written to a batch
                 file.  Entered data can subsequently be viewed, printed,
                 or modified.

This section introduces FORMSPEC and ENTRY. Refer to Figure 1-1 for a
diagram that shows the relationship between these two programs.  The
features of each program that are illustrated in this section are:

Using FORMSPEC                              Using ENTRY

* How to run FORMSPEC                       * How to run ENTRY
* Use ENTER to enter data in block mode     * Use ENTER to enter data in block mode
* Function keys for FORMSPEC                * Collect data
* The FORMSPEC menu sequence                * Brouse and modify data
* How to terminate FORMSPEC                 * Function keys for ENTRY
                                            * How to terminate ENTRY


          Figure 1-1.  Overview of Forms Design and Data Entry 

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