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Restore (
)
^R
Space
Backslash (
)
\
<Text>
Clear (
or
) – Clears the field of any text. (Restores a constrained
^X
^U
or
DEL
BS
There are a few points to be observed. These are:
• When you attempt to leave a field, the field is validated on its own (i.e.
not against other dependent fields). If this validation is unsuccessful,
the system will restore the field, bleep at you and place the cursor at the
start of the field. (If the field was a Constrained List in free format
mode, then it is returned to list mode.)
• When a field is full and you attempt to enter more characters, the
characters are ignored, and the system responds with a bleep.
• Control characters, where applicable, may be embedded into a free
format field in the standard way, i.e. with a preceding carat (
character is achieved by entering two carats (
In the following text, form fields are described with the type and size of
field specified in brackets, e.g. (Free Format Text, 20) indicates a Free
Format text field with a width of 20 characters. Fields indicated as
Optional may optionally be completed. In many cases the field defaults to a
specified value.
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– Restores the field to its current configuration state (or
initial state).
– When the cursor is at a Constrained List, the list is
sequenced forward one item.
– When the cursor is at a Constrained List, the list is
sequenced backward one item.
– When in a Free Format Text field, the character is
entered into the field with the standard line editing
features.
When in a Constrained List field, the field is cleared
and the text entered. The field then behaves like a
Free Format Text field.
list.)
– When in a Free Format Text field, the character to the
left of the cursor is deleted and any characters to the
right of this character are moved left one position.
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