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Applications
BUILDING THE FORM
Figure A-4 contains a simple form which will be used as
an example. Insert your soft key program tape cartridge
into the left tape slot and a blank tape cartridge into the
right tape slot. Make sure that the device assignments are
"from" left tape and "to" right tape. Forms can now be
built as follows:
PHASE 1.
1.
Press READ. This loads the soft keys with file 1. Place
the soft key overlay for file lover the soft keys.
2.
Starting at the top left of your form, proceed to build
your form - left to right - top to bottom. The soft key
overlay will help you by giving the function of each
key. Figure A-5 shows the details of building the
sample form line-by-line during the first phase. The
field headings (Name, Address, etc.) are "protected",
and the fields to be filled by an operator are "unpro-
tected".
After the length of the first line is defined (the top of
the form), the cursor automatically tabs to the end of
the first line when the END OF LINE key ( f4) is
pressed.
When the
..I (
f7 )
key is pressed (finishing the outline
phase of the form), file
2
is automatically read to load
the soft eys for phase 2.
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PHASE 2.
1.
Place the soft key overlay for file
2
over the soft keys.
2.
Move the cursor to each line intersection, and press
the appropriate soft key. Figure A-6 shows the soft
key used at each line intersection in the sample form.
3.
When you have finished with the line intersection,
press NEXT
(fB).
This will automatically load the soft
keys with file 3.
PHASE 3.
1.
Place the soft key overlay for file
3
over the soft keys.
2.
Starting at the top of the form, move the cursor to
beginning of the first unprotected field. (In this case,
it would be where the operator will fill in the name.)
Pressing ALPHA (fl), defines the first space as an
alpha-only field. You should press fl as many times as
necessary to fill the name field. This will prevent
numbers from being entered erroneously in this field.
3.
Move the cursor to the beginning of each of the re-
maining unprotected fields, and define each as
ALPHA, NUMERIC, ALPHANUMERIC, or unde-
fined, as applicable. Figure A-7 shows the definition
of each field.
4.
After each field has been defined, the form is com-
plete. Now, press RECORD (f4) to store the form on
the right tape cartridge. LOOK
(fB)
can be used to
recall the form from the right tape cartridge to insure
that it has been recorded correctly.
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