Category: Front End Development

Establishes SCROLL keys for the current window. Syntax WINDOW SET SCROLL [«action keyname»] Parameters action Can beUP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, PAGEUP, PAGEDOWN, HOME, END, JUMPUP, JUMPDOWN, JUMPLEFT, JUMPRIGHT keyname Can be any of the following pre-defined key names:F1 through F100, ESCAPE, RETURN, ENTER, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, PAGEUP, PAGEDOWN, HOME, END,JUMPUP (Ctrl-Up), JUMPDOWN (Ctrl-Dn),JUMPLEFT (Ctrl-Lf),…
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Makes an open window unavailable for viewing and interaction by the application user. Syntax WINDOW DEACTIVATE [window] Parameters window Window can benameThe name of an open window. The software looks up name in the currently accessed directories in the usual way. A compiled command using name contains the unambiguous name of the window (including a…
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Displays the open menu in the current window. Syntax MENU DISPLAY [INPUT] [PURGE] [«object»] Parameters INPUT Shifts focus to the menu, and requests input from the application user. PURGE Shifts focus to the menu, and requests input from the application user. object Can bemenuThe name of the open menu in the current window.menuitemThe name of…
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Causes scrolling under application program control. Syntax FORM SCROLL [ «form»] [action] Parameters form The name of the form to be scrolled. Form must have an established scrolling association. More than one form can be scrolled at a time. action Can be UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, PAGEUP, PAGEDOWN, HOME, END, JUMPUP, JUMPDOWN, JUMPLEFT, or JUMPRIGHT…
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Closes the current form or display in the current window. Syntax FORM CLOSE [object] Parameters object Can be name The name of the form or display to be closed. ( expr) A character string, or an expression that evaluates to a character string, used at run time as the name of the form or display.…
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Writes the values of the fields in the current form or display to the current output device. Syntax FORM REPORT [ PAGESIZE n] Parameters PAGESIZE n The number of lines ( n) that constitute one “page” of output. The default PAGESIZE is 66 lines. The output is padded with blank lines if the specified page…
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Sets the focus on a particular form field. Syntax FORM SET FOCUS «object» Parameters object Can be formfield The name of a field within an open form. To specify a particular instance of a form field, append the instance number in brackets. ([exp1 ],[exp2 ],[exp3 ]) Positive integers or expressions that evaluate to positive integers,…
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Closes the open menu in the current window. Syntax MENU CLOSE [object] Parameters object Can benameThe name of the menu to be closed.(expr )A character string, or an expression that evaluates to a character string, used at run time as the name of the menu. Using expr enables one MENU CLOSE command to specify different…
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Shifts the focus to the open menu in the current window and puts the application user in control of the interface. Syntax MENU INPUT [PURGE] Parameters PURGE Specifies that unprocessed input received before the MENU INPUT command was executed is to be ignored. Eliminates the possible effects of inadvertent keystrokes or mouse actions before the…
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Makes an open window the current window. Syntax WINDOW SET [NOT] CURRENT [window] Parameters NOT Places window at the bottom of the currency stack. window The name of an open window. Can be a window object name, or (expr), where expr is a character string, or an expression that evaluates to a character string, that…
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