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High-Level Screen Management Intrinsic Library (Hi-Li) Reference Manual

Summary Table 

Table 3-1 lists each intrinsic and provides a brief description of its
function.

          Table 3-1.  Summary of the Intrinsics 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                  Intrinsic                  |                  Function                   |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| HPDCLOSEFORMS                               | Closes a forms file.                        |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDDISABLETERM                              | Releases a device and optionally            |
|                                             | reconfigures the device.                    |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDENABLETERM                               | Enables a device and sets up the comarea if |
|                                             | not already done.  It can also optionally   |
|                                             | return configuration information about the  |
|                                             | device to the application.                  |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDGETDESIGN                                | Retrieves design information about a        |
|                                             | specified forms file component.             |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDGETENV                                   | Allows your application to retrieve the     |
|                                             | configuration of elements in the current    |
|                                             | execution environment.                      |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDOPENFORMS                                | Opens a forms file and sets up the          |
|                                             | communication area of the globalpak         |
|                                             | parameter, if not already done.             |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDPRINTFORM                                | Retrieves and initializes a form, merges    |
|                                             | data supplied by the application with the   |
|                                             | form, and outputs both to a spooled         |
|                                             | printer.                                    |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDPROMPT                                   | One of the three core intrinsics.  It       |
|                                             | highlights fields, places an application    |
|                                             | message in the message window, displays key |
|                                             | labels, and places the cursor at a selected |
|                                             | field.                                      |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDREAD                                     | One of the three core intrinsics.  It reads |
|                                             | a device, edits and transforms the returned |
|                                             | data according to specifications in the     |
|                                             | form, and returns the collected information |
|                                             | to your application.                        |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDSEND                                     | One of the three core intrinsics.  It       |
|                                             | retrieves a form, determines its display    |
|                                             | position, initializes fields and loads      |
|                                             | application data, places an application     |
|                                             | message in the window area, displays the    |
|                                             | screen and key labels, and places the       |
|                                             | cursor at a elected input field.            |
|                                             |                                             |
| HPDSETENV                                   | Allows your application to configure the    |
|                                             | elements in the current execution           |
|                                             | environment.\                               |
|                                             |                                             |
| HP32424                                     | Identifies the Hi-Li version you have       |
|                                             | installed.                                  |
|                                             |                                             |
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Each of these intrinsics is discussed in more detail in the following
pages.



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